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Can AI Aid the Early Education Workforce?

Edsurge

Since ChatGPT was released in November 2022 and exploded into public discourse, the emergence of generative AI tools has been met with both excitement and concern, across virtually every industry, ideology and age group. It is not about putting a robot in front of your child and losing control over everything.

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Enough With the Screen Time Scare! How to Be Sensible About Children’s Device Use

Edsurge

When the American Academy of Pediatrics released its most recent set of guidelines for children’s media use, much of the list reflected the organization’s long-standing recommendations of limiting digital play time for toddlers to maintain a “healthy media diet.” The team took first place at a robotics competition earlier this year.

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AI in the Classroom — Educators Share Their Personal Challenges and Successes

Edsurge

So, I was motivated to take the industry and peer knowledge and then bring it into my classroom. And I get to bring that industry information to my students and help them make those real-world connections. We don't have to build a robot. All of the ISTE groups have phenomenal educators. Play is the highest form of research.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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Changes at the National Science Foundation Raise Objections From Education Startups

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Every year about 400 companies across a range of industries receive NSF SBIR funding, which is awarded across different stages. Today, edtech is no longer a primary topic of interest, but a subtopic of other primary technology topics: artificial intelligence, information technologies and robotics. million in funding.

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2016 Global Education Conference Starts Sunday - Important Information!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Director of Academics Robotics Unplugged: Introduction to Engineering - Melda N Yildiz Sharing International Exchange Through Mutlimedia - Elaine Huang, Alumna Storytelling goes global - Ms Silvana Carnicero Strategies to Increase Student Transfer of Knowledge to Real-World Contexts & Facilitate 21st Century Skills - Tamara Galoyan, Ph.D.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. Children ages 7-12 can use the Be a Maker app to create customized programs for their Jibo robot to perform, including speech and expressions. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc.

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