The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

School Psychologist Dani Roquett greets Anne and James Hutt with their daughters, Ellison, 5, and Quinn, 10 months, at the “Zone Check-In” at the GET Together family educational event in January. Ellison and her dad picked green; Ellison’s mom took yellow, signaling to her daughter it was okay to be a little nervous at the big event.

Elementary 145

Elementary Meeting Report Survey 145

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. In a 2018 survey of hiring leaders , we found that online pre-hire assessment was the single most likely “disruptor” of the reliance on degrees in hiring, followed by simulation-based hiring.

Learning 164

Learning Digital Badges E-rate MOOC 164

Perry Hewitt

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

A survey of >4,000 designers revealed the most commonly used design tools , from brainstorming to wireframing to project management. Shameless plug: HUBweek is a weeklong series of events celebrating the innovative work happening at the intersection of art, science, and technology in and around Greater Boston.

Robotics 60

Robotics Facebook Software Trends 60

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

UBTECH Robotics introduces a new robotics kit and curriculum, UKIT, and Yanshee, a robot with an AI interface with a programmable Raspberry Pi. The new company, owned by SDI Innovations, makes a robotic arm and a corresponding STEM curriculum. The kits range in complexity designed for various age levels.

Edmodo 91

Edmodo Google Robotics Software 91

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

“What we realized in the classrooms was that there were a lot of things being done by the gut—it looked good and felt good, but there was no science behind choices teachers were making,” Kolb tells EdSurge, rifling off robots, flexible seating and Chromebooks as among the trends and tools that aren’t being used to their full advantage.

Technology 96

Technology Chromebook Broadband EdTech 96

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 29, 2019

Along the way, players engage with a variety of characters, objects, locations, and events in ancient Olympia in their attempt to help him win the race. Complete the short survey to let the folks at Britannica know the sites to which you and your kiddos would like to travel to address the next Time Tears.

eBook 99

eBook Robotics Google Survey 99

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A whole bunch of robots,” one boy suggested. Dobbins then led his students in a discussion about how current events like the pandemic are shaping the nation’s workforce, and why Dallas’ economy is booming (a fact that surprised some students). Others offer introductory courses in specific careers, like engineering or robotics.

STEM 136

STEM Course Robotics Social Media 136

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

In addition to a collection of print books (which can be delivered via robot ), the library features spaces including a creativity studio, a gaming lab, study rooms, recording studios, and yes, a makerspace. Identify contacts you’ve met at conferences or events to get product opinion from the end user.

Libraries 139

Libraries Maker Movement Robotics Trends 139

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

No one disaster can be linked directly to climate change, but experts agree that extreme weather events, like the downpours that shattered rainfall records in Eastern Kentucky, are becoming more common as the atmosphere warms. And while Kentucky is on the slow road to recovery, new weather events are stressing other communities.

Elementary 76

Elementary Report Secondary Robotics 76

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

In April, he surveyed education businesses about how the pandemic impacted their operations. Sphero started as a consumer robotics toy company and later refocused its business on the education market. Her team has also canceled all of its revenue-generating events for the rest of the year.

EdTech 86

EdTech Khan Academy Company Industry 86

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Trump's Ed Dept civil rights chief listed her videos attacking Hillary & campaign event w/ Bill accusers as "top 5 qualifications" on resume pic.twitter.com/U4YHXMWkN3 — Michael Stratford (@mstratford) August 31, 2017. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. More from Pacific Standard and from Inside Higher Ed.

Education 97

Education Khan Academy Company Libraries 97

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

This coming week is Computer Science Education Week , an annual event dedicated to inspiring students to take an interest in computer science. Instead of assigning students the same structured projects (such as the age-old puzzles that move a robot through a maze), empower students to write code for something they really care about.

Exercises 60

Exercises Robotics Survey STEM 60

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

White supremacist Richard Spencer will speak at the University of Florida , which says it will spend $500,000 on security for the event. “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Campus Technology with the latest robot predictions (a.k.a.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Ed-Tech Events. ” Inside Higher Ed also looks at how data is being talked about at the higher ed ed-tech event. Edsurge is also holding an event this week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The $1700 robot dog also requires a subscription plan. Educause is holding its annual conference this week.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Imagine how great universities could be without all those human teachers ,” says Quartz , lauding the fantasy that robots will replace teachers. ” Via Campus Technology : “BYU Researchers Aim to Stop Robots from Eating Tables with Wikipedia.”

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

“Building community around game-based learning requires reaching out into the media space that reaches teachers—whether that be webinars, news articles, conferences, social media, or networking events,” said Rushton. Other games are designed specifically for humanities classrooms. More › By Natalie Orenstein.

Game-Based Learning 41

Game-Based Learning Robotics Social Media Exercises 41

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Its website touts the “Highlights from Apple’s keynote event.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via TeacherCast : “Why Teachers Will Never Be Replaced By Robots.” ” Poll results from “The Gallup 2017 Survey of K–12 School District Superintendents.”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

The current events video feed we find in public spaces. Of all possible events on Earth, which one do they deem to be of vital, international importance? Or did you see another CNN host beclowning herself, when a reporter/host/robot confused Edward Snowden and Edward Scissorhands ? CNN, the respectable, putatively neutral one.

Social Media 40

Social Media Robotics Report Survey 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

” Since the events at UVA last weekend, several universities have declined white nationalists’ requests to hold events on their campuses. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Support for charter schools , for example, fell by 12% from last year’s survey. ( ” asks Mindshift. The poll data.)

Education 49

Education MOOC Report Data 49

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

It’s just a bunch of video-taped lectures for the (offline) “ Startup School ” event that the startup incubator program runs at Stanford (which is really just a series of short talks by entrepreneurs and founders). Microsoft had a media event this week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Yik Yak had raised $73.5

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via KIRO7 : “Charges filed after University of Washington shooting outside Milo Yiannopoulos event.” More in the courts section above on the charges filed against a person who shot a protestor at a Milo Yiannopoulos event at the University of Washington early this year. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Move along.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2021

He described service excellence as a "managed event," meaning it was something that business leaders, managers, and supervisors should carefully consider and focus on with their employees. Don't get robotic in your answers, greetings, or wrap-ups. Steve Albrecht In 1985, my father, Dr. Karl Albrecht, wrote Service America!:

Libraries 41

Libraries Policies Training Guidelines 41

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” Conferences and Events. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Tarena International has acquired the K–12 robotics company Wuhan Haoxiaozi Robot Technology (a.k.a. Via NPR : “More Than Half Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed At Work.” Student Groups.”

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

MAY 11, 2018

Google had a big event this week – you know, the one where tech journalists do the company’s marketing work for them by writing up every announcement made on stage in its own, separate article. Some of the stories are in the “robots” section below.). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 42

Education Company Robotics Report 42

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Representative Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican, are slated to join Career Education Colleges and Universities at an event Friday. Via abc.net.au : “ Queensland children as young as four will learn coding and robotics as a compulsory part of their education from next year.” ” Accreditation and Certification. .”

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Here’s Edsurge’s take on the AEI event. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Geek Dad : “Little Robot Friends Teach Kids to Code With Empathy.” .” Here are the “Prepared Remarks by U.S. “The U.S. “ No, machines can’t read better than humans ,” says The Verge.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via Edsurge (which also ran a number of stories this week to promote an event in which you can get a “ gig ”): “The Data Tells All: Teacher Salaries Have Been Declining For Years.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Corey Robin. ” “Homework therapist.”

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “How Sessions Tried to Block Gay University Event.” Testing, Testing… It’s time once again for one of my least favorite events in education journalism: the release of PISA scores. Via The Daily Dot : “University Wi-Fi named racist slur during white nationalist event.”

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

” I didn’t pay close attention to Facebook ’s developer event this week. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Techcrunch : “ Robot tutor Musio makes its retail debut in Japan.” ” Via Education Week : “ Augmented , Virtual Reality Yet to Gain Traction in K–12, Survey Finds.”

Education 45

Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

“ New York City libraries have announced they plan to forgive the late fees of all children aged 17 and under in a one-time amnesty event,” The AP reports. ” More on the event via Inside Higher Ed. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via WCET : “New Survey Tracks Online and Distance Education in Canada.”

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

“A Princeton professor who recently criticized Trump in a commencement speech cancels planned public speaking events, saying she’s received death threats for her comments,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. of primary school students it surveyed say they enjoy reading.

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The only other media attending the event would be a national crew from ABC.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Survey data from Edweek’s Market Brief : “ Teachers’ Use of Ed-Tech Tools Rises Across the Board, But Time Pressures Persist.” It could only observe.

Education 58

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. No mention of privacy issues, because you won’t get invited to the next launch event if you’re too critical. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Wired : “ Med Students Are Getting Terrible Training in Robotic Surgery.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Via The New York Times : “ Robots or Job Training : Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes.” Meanwhile, at another awful event, it looks like the Aspen Ideas Festival hosted University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 50

Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. million people had attended the event. Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”?

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” And later in the week, also via The Washington Post : “ DeVos softens stance on protesters at higher ed event.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “In an age of robots , schools are teaching our children to be redundant,” says George Monbiot. Forget Design Thinking.”

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

.” “ Breitbart Editor’s Event Canceled As Protests Turn Violent At UC Berkeley.” Via The Washington Post : “Many KIPP charter school alumni face financial hurdles in college, survey shows.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Accreditation and Certification.

Education 40

Education MOOC Data Elsevier 40