Marketplace K-12

APRIL 4, 2016

Robotic Education Company Raises $300,000 : SP Robotic Works , a provider of robotic education for school-age and college students, raised $300,000 from the Indian Angel Network and the Chennai Angels, according to press reports.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

00;03;53;23 – 00;04;16;21 Dan Fitzpatrick And teachers all over the world are reporting back right now that it's absolutely supercharged learning within their classrooms. But I think expect that as a teacher, if all you're asking students to do is work that an AI robot can do. How Do You Report Bias or Issues with AI?

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

All the world’s a stage when you’re a startup, and life becomes a pitch in front of investors, advisers, reporters, partners and potential acquirers. Another “AI-powered” startup present was ROYBI , which is developing a machine learning-powered robot companion for children. The ‘X’ for ‘Y’ “Netflix for education.” Uber for tutors.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Robots won’t replace you , the press repeatedly said. Unsaid: robots will just de-professionalize , outsource , or privatize the work. Or, as the AI makers like to say, robots will make us all work harder (and no doubt, with no unions, cheaper). Don’t worry, teachers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Applications for the contest are due by January 15, 2016, and winners will be announced on March 5, 2016 on the Vernier website and Facebook page. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2021

Carolina is celebrating the launch with a Facebook contest through August. I put it on Facebook for fun and it went viral! Sam’s profile page will include: New newscast-style video for Carolina of Sam reporting the “ABCs of STEM Careers,” original viral video, pre-order/buy now links to purchase his book releasing Nov.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The Hechinger Report visited Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School in January to hear students present their ideas for a new high school of their dreams. The school offers a science, technology, engineering, arts and math curriculum, along with extracurricular activities such as robotics, coding and art.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : “This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Applications for the contest are due by January 15, 2016, and winners will be announced on March 5, 2016 on the Vernier website and Facebook page. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. The Gates Foundation is among the funders of The Hechinger Report.). “I Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Aaaaaaaa ,” the kids chanted. Teira Rucker, 11.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

I was there on a reporting trip, as part of the research I’m doing as a Spencer Fellow. ” There was all the usual talk of job-stealing robots and the “ jobs that don’t exist yet.” Yes, I went to ASU+GSV – my first time at the event in the event’s nine year history.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2017

While our other groups at STEAM Box were designing robots and aerospace engineering projects, this group was showing their animations at conventions. I'm proud to report that Fernanda Ramos is one of those graduates. Mentors visited teaching the youth how to design costumes, edit stop motion animation, paint canvas art and so on.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The study has the subtitle “A Parent Report Measure of Screen Media ‘Addiction’ in Children.” This, he says, results in “a ton of compulsive behavior” — around everything from pornography to World of Warcraft to Facebook. Or, say you want to stop browsing Facebook during business hours.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. That’s newspapers, evening news, and anything considered ‘mainstream media’ They prefer blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. So why do students turn to it for news?

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2018

This story on STEM education was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Other students in their engineering class were constructing a robot for the Dell-sponsored Silicon Valley Tech Challenge and designing a “tiny house” to shelter a homeless person.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity. A goal of the Spring Summit is to provide a forum to discuss ways to prepare for your personal and organization’s future. Register for free today at [link]. See this year''s conference strands and plan to get your proposal in early.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Tuesday, May 20th at 1pm CoSN Webinar Series - Over the Horizon: Results from the2014 Horizon K-12 Report , Join us for a sneak preview of the much-anticipated “2014 Horizon Report K-12 Edition,” being released this summer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I read recently that 70% of millennials get their news from Facebook. Isn’t Facebook a place to share personal information, stay in touch with friends and families, post pictures of weddings and birthdays? So why do students turn to it for news? It’s notable that most are free, but include advertising. NOVA Videos .

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

It’s a reaction, I’d say, to the current obsession with artificial intelligence and a response to all the stories we were told this year about robots on the cusp of replacing, out-“thinking,” and out-working us. ” “ Panorama’s Student Progress Reports Show More Than Grades (Think Behavior and SEL).”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. Quintyn Scott (left) and Ella Bartholomew program robots at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 18, 2018

So many headlines focus on automation, robots, artificial intelligence, and the looming loss of jobs. In many classrooms around the country, adult education instructors use simple tools such as Remind, WhatsApp, and Facebook to foster communication while developing learners’ digital literacy skills. The Future is Now.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Contemporary storytelling is increasingly video-focused (just look at your Facebook feed), which leads to an obvious conclusion: kids should learn how to make their own films. Educators around the world use video to teach kids about everything from robots to rainforests. If given the right tools, kids can create masterpieces.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Replacement limbs may not strictly be accepted as a merging of technology and humanity, unless they are robotic limbs. Indeed, he advised the makers of the movie Minority Report on what might be expected from a technology dominated future in which people were manipulated like chess pieces.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Nearly two decades ago, the reporter Todd Oppenheimer documented the aggressive rise of emerging Silicon Valley technologies — personal computers and the Internet — in the nation’s public schools. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment?

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” More on the report from Pacific Standard. ” “ Turkey has reacted angrily to suggestions that it might tone down its attack on Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi if the United States agrees to extradite an opponent of President Erdogan,” The Times reports. Her university allegedly retaliated.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

Wants to Hold Colleges Accountable by Reporting Graduates’ Earnings. billion over next decade,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via The New York Times : “ Transgender Girl , 12, Is Violently Threatened After Facebook Post by Classmate’s Parent.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week about privacy, data, monopoly power, and regulations. And there’s more Facebook-related news in several of the sections below. ” Via The Verge : “ Facebook -backed lawmakers are pushing to gut privacy law.” (National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JUNE 21, 2020

Mrs. Brainmocker, young Elroy Jetson's robot teacher (who, one must presume by her title, was a married robot teacher), appeared in just one episode — the very last one of the show's original run in 1963. They couldn't roll around the classroom and hand out report cards. The latter couldn't talk.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The event included a back-flipping robot modeled on a cheetah and other marvels of digital engineering, as well as planned appearances by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. During a roundtable with reporters on Wednesday, EdSurge asked MIT provost Martin A.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via NPR : “Grand Jury Report On Penn State Hazing Finds ‘Indignities And Depravities’ ” The Business (and Politics) of Student Loans. ” asks The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

There’s more local Chalkbeat reporting on the recent charter school strike in Chicago down in the “labor and management” section below. ” Via NPR : “‘It’s Preventable’: Sandy Hook Parents Promote App For Reporting School Threats.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. ” “Investigation Finds Phillips Andover Faculty Engaged in Sexual Misconduct With Students,” The New York Times reports.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Via The Huffington Post : “ White House Quietly Removes Sexual Assault Report From Website.” Via Education Week : “ Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School.” ” “ Boston University and Wheelock College enter talks to combine the institutions,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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