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Annual Invent It challenge launches, focusing on solving health problems

eSchool News

is a robotic nurse that can deliver food, water or medicine to a sick patient. For complete entry guidelines and Official Rules, visit [link]. Individual students, entire classrooms, schools and other organizations serving children between the ages of 5-21 (in grades K-12) are encouraged to participate. the Autonomous Nurse Assistant.

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6 Ways to Avoid Those Social Media Landmines

The Daring Librarian

This article is planned to be published in the May issue of NEA Today Magazine (sadly, without my nifty custom graphic) but it's already online ! I recently talked to my supervisor, Julie Alonso-Hughes, district coordinator of instructional technology and library media, about additional social media guidelines.

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Republicans are made because the Department of Education issued guidelines about how ESSA should be implemented. ” Via New York Magazine : “Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids.” Education Politics. “ New Education Law: Bipartisan No More.”

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”? ” In June, Rolling Stone agreed to pay $1.65

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via the New York Magazine : “The Death of Vine Makes the Internet a Worse Place.” ” Edsurge points to new guidelines for education companies participating in Y Combinator ’s startup accelerator program. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.”