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How AI is Changing Writing: Check out Robot Don

Ask a Tech Teacher

One of these writing assistants is Robot Don, an AI-driven software which we are going to discuss in this article. What does Robot Don bring to the table? All it takes is to create your own account or use an existing Facebook or Google account and you are good to go!

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The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

Professor Britt Watwood has moved his college classes off Facebook. The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators. Vicki: The Facebook scandal with Cambridge Analytica and more. So, first of all, Britt, how would you explain, in simple terms, what happened on Facebook and why so many people are wanting to #deletefacebook?

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A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Can’t Be Done.

Edsurge

The CEO of Knewton, Jose Ferreira, said his product would be “like a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind and figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are, down to the percentile.” It is also not a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind.

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How Leveraging Curiosity May Keep Students Engaged From Afar

Edsurge

League, a robotics program created through an alliance between FIRST ? This newfound passion led Bongiorno to transition to teaching general technology in the classroom and, eventually, robotics. They shared it on our Facebook page and opened it up to all of our FIRST programs free of charge.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

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. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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4 Ways AI Education and Ethics Will Disrupt Society in 2019

Edsurge

From GDPR to Facebook scandals, many tech CEOs were defending big data, its use, and how they’re safeguarding the public. I see four AI use and ethics trends set to disrupt classrooms and conference rooms. Funding for AI literacy and public education will skyrocket.

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Friday 5 — 10.7.2016

Perry Hewitt

You might be embarrassed to try a new French word with a colleague, but a robot won't judge. A recent release of the Facebook Messenger app has enabled end-to-end encryption, which is a fancy way of saying that the messages are indecipherable en route and only the communicating users can read them. Not yet, anyway.

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