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The Wild and Amazing World of Augmented Reality

Ask a Tech Teacher

What makes AR different from QR codes or other embedded link technologies is that the AR content is superimposed onto existing materials in their own real-time environment. How’s it different from Virtual Reality. How to use it. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 25 years.

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KidZania: Hands-On Kid Sized Cities Coming To America

EdNews Daily

Role-play is a critical part of early childhood development, teaching children how to communicate, explore and collaborate with others. KidZania’s current industry partners include British Airways, Coca Cola, Mitsubishi Motors, Honda, Johnson & Johnson, Sony, Kellogg’s, H&M and Fuji Film. .

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

But the underlying blockchain technology is complex, and attracting droves of interest from the likes of IBM and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Not to mention platforms like YouTube have no shortage of free how-to videos). Sony says it is working towards a 2018 rollout.

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This Workforce Partnership Trains Tech Talent. Can It Boost Civic Engagement Too?

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But first, he’ll have to figure out how the model will work at home—and how to pay for it. Roughly 200 local employers, including Kaiser Permanente, OSISoft, Sony and Typeform, have also participated. The red stairway leading to Gate 510, which houses this year’s PilotCity summer fellows.

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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

The Hechinger Report

So when the alumnus, who worked for Microsoft, told him that the Redmond, Washington-based technology behemoth would be hiring huge numbers of people to specialize in data analytics, he went back to the campus to fast-track a new degree program in that subject. Related: How to save the humanities?

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Impatient for workers, businesses help students take college shortcuts

The Hechinger Report

Many of his friends took the same shortcut to good jobs at companies including Sony and Lockheed Martin. He chose the nonprofit Per Scholas, which offers tuition-free information technology training. Experts caution that quality in noncredit training programs varies greatly, and students may not know how to compare them.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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She has been covering inspirational educators and technology in the K–12 arena for Tech & Learning for the past eight years. It’s not about the win; it’s about making sure they have a place at the table.” Sascha Zuger is a lifestyle journalist for national magazines, a travel writer, and a young adult novelist.

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