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All the Upgrades and Updates From Apple, Google and More at ISTE 2018

Edsurge

Software Updates Google is reorganizing its Classroom platform to make it easier to sort materials by topic. McGraw-Hill introduces a new English language arts software for grades 2-7 called Redbird Language Arts & Writing. The new company, owned by SDI Innovations, makes a robotic arm and a corresponding STEM curriculum.

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K–12 Teachers Use Virtual and Augmented Reality Platforms to Teach Coding

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Since 1990, jobs in science, technology, engineering and math have grown by 79 percent , and are expected to grow an additional 13 percent by 2027 , according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey. . We ultimately found favorable results in timing tests and user experiences overall when learning code and using AR.” .

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How to Build a Modern School – 6 Key Elements to Embed in Your Groundwork

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In fact, 65% of Millennials in a study felt they are not confident in face-to-face interactions from a survey from One Poll. VR technology like Google Tour Creator will allow students to create and take virtual tours anywhere around the world in an immersive 360-degree environment.

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How Silicon Valley schools are trying to boost lower-income students into high-tech jobs

The Hechinger Report

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. percent are African-American, according to 2015 data from the American Community Survey. percent of the Valley’s tech professionals are Latino and 2.2

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report.

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Dozens of Venture-Backed Startups Among Edtech Recipients of PPP Loans

Edsurge

A review of the data by EdSurge for notable education technology software and service providers found more than 60 for-profit and nonprofit organizations that were approved for a loan between $150,000 to $5 million. In April, he surveyed education businesses about how the pandemic impacted their operations.

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Pandemic speeds up influx of remote workers to small cities

The Hechinger Report

Just beneath the surface, however, Burlington has become home over the last few years to an invisible economy of people who work remotely for the world’s biggest technology businesses, including Apple, Google, Twitter and IBM, hundreds and even thousands of miles from these companies’ chic and sprawling headquarters. Metro area.

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