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School STEM Labs Inspire Students, Power Innovation

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Thomas School near Seattle hopes to encourage students to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by starting them young and engaging them with cool, new learning spaces featuring robots and 3D virtual reality computers. Robots and Virtual Reality Provide Hands-On Experience.

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Education Technology Trends for 2017: An Interview With Martin McKay.

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I also expect to see a lot more robotics and makerspaces in schools. I think school leaders now realise that the jobs of the future are being replaced by robots and if we’re not teaching kids how to build, programme and control robots to do the things we do then they’re not going to have a great future.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA INSIGHTS ( britannica.com/insights ) The Encyclopaedia Britannica Group announced Britannica Insights, a free Chrome browser extension that enables searchers to cut through the noise on the internet and provide trusted and verified information. HERO K12 CLEVER SECURE SYNC INTEGRATION ( herok12.com

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

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Here’s just a glimpse of what we learned about during FETC 2023: AVer Information Inc. FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States. KinderLab Robotics ‘ KIBO connects the arts with computer science – without the need for screen time.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

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Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. While Futuresource earlier found that, as purchases of smart speakers have moved from early adopters to the mainstream, the most popular uses clustered more toward music and information.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” From the Lenovo website : “Lenovo™ Introduces Lenovo Virtual Reality Classroom.” “Lenovo Virtual Reality Classroom headsets come pre-loaded with more than 700 available Google Expeditions VR field trips and exclusive Wild Immersion content, created with the support of Jane Goodall.

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