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Looking for a Class Robot? Try Robo Wunderkind

Ask a Tech Teacher

There are a lot of options if you want to bring programmable robots to your classroom. It is a build-a-robot kit designed to introduce children ages six and up to coding and robotics as well as the fun of problem-solving and creative thinking. If I were to rate myself with robotics, I might be closer to a 5 than a 10.

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When the Robots Come for Our Jobs, They’ll Spare the Teachers

Edsurge

How can we prepare a generation of students to adapt and evolve, learn (and un-learn), in an era where technological advances are transforming the world of work, traditional educational pathways are under fire—and the half-life of skills hovers around five years ? Recall that the first iPhones weren’t released until 2007.

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Do Chatbot Tutors Work Better When They're Upbeat — and Female?

Edsurge

It turns out, one of the world’s most-cited educational researchers, Richard Mayer , is working on a series of studies looking at what kind of computer-generated voices and images are most engaging to learners and lead to the best outcomes. Regarding gender, there is a long history of robots being programmed with female-sounding voices.

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Ed-Tech Agitprop

Hack Education

leave those kids alone" and then be reassured that, in the future, magically, technology will make everything happier. And while my criticism of exploitative "personalized learning" technology was booed, their predictions were cheered. It's influential internally, within the field of education and education technology.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad. announced the U.S.

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Epic Guide To Game Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

Appolicious – This site pretty much evaluations iPhone/iPad games but has lots of them in the index. Builder Bowls – Builder Bowls revolve around a wide range of immersive technologies, including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), simulations, video games, caves and domes, 3D printing and robotics.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

million into schoolwide technology upgrades. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything. One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. The measure failed.

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