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Can AI Aid the Early Education Workforce?

Edsurge

Kang also pointed out that generative AI can be used to overcome language barriers — for example, by providing live translation services during a meeting or translating written communication into a language spoken by a child’s family before sending it. It is not about putting a robot in front of your child and losing control over everything.

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New Teachers Need More Support. Here's an Easy Way to Help

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Each of these concerns presents an opportunity for more efficient, practical and effective professional learning for new teachers. Now, because principals have Swivl Teams + Robot , they can help a teacher who needs support and have them work on self-reflection,” observes Aracely Vazquez, Littleton Educational Technology Specialist.

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Announcing the 2020 Cohort of HP Teaching Fellows

Digital Promise

These educators create deep, meaningful learning experiences for their students that are personal and accessible , authentic and challenging , collaborative and connected , and inquisitive and reflective. Kim Dawson, grades K-5 Technology and Robotics teacher at West Allegheny School District, Pennsylvania.

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5 Strategies to Help Superintendents Lead Digital Transformation

EdTech Magazine

Creating dedicated time for professional development is essential, said Schuler. . “We We have 45 minutes every Thursday morning for sacred, professional learning community time,” he said. . Gaines described how Mehlville School District students use robotics to solve problems.

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Can AI in Education Foster Human-Centric Learning?

Edsurge

Another example was about how to make the app more user-friendly because the first time we used the app, it could have been more intuitive. What human-centered design did you or your pre-service students use in helping students learn AI? They developed a pollination device using robotics to pollinate flowers.

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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

I also showed and discussed multiple, concrete, age-specific examples with each group to illustrate how we can redesign instruction for higher student engagement, even during blended or online learning. The integration of robots into day-to-day life. All of this work was virtual. Skills development and college/career readiness.

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Making Sense of the Metaverse in Education

EdTechTeacher

What are some examples of the metaverse? For example, high school teacher and EdTechTeacher instructor Douglas Kiang designed an Underwater Dome Project for his computer science students to build community and encourage teamwork in his face-to-face classroom. .” One example is Virtual Reality (VR). Yes and no.

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