techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

REPRESENTATION: SEEING PEOPLE LIKE ME SUCCEEDING IN STEM ChickTech January 2018 Kickoff, Java Workshop, Grades 9–12. For ChickTech, that means intentionally targeting a diverse demographic for participation in their year-long program of workshops and activities. ChickTech April 2018 Robotics Workshop held by CJ Reynolds, Grades 9–12.

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Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 87

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

This is largely a promotional piece for Penn and for the workshops that Penn GSE offers entrepreneurs, which I guess is what we’re supposed to think is replacing incubators – although certainly weekend workshops don’t offer the ever-important VC funding that many incubators have done. Kinvolved has raised $1.54

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Education Robotics Pearson Company 54

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. From the Google blog : “How Google Digital Workshop prepares you for new job opportunities.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Robots or Job Training : Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

This talk was presented today at ETUG 's Fall Workshop in Vancouver, BC. ” Robots are coming for our jobs. The robots of education technology boast of “machine learning,” then create frameworks and models for learning that they try to fit humans into in turn. Special thanks to Jason Toal for DJing my talk.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

CZI hired Bror Saxberg , whose previous work was with the for-profit online charter school K12 Inc and the for-profit college Kaplan, as its learning scientist. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. It hired former PayPal exec Peggy Abkemeier Alford as its CFO.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum. IBM boasted a partnership with the Sesame Workshop to build “ cognitive learning ” apps.

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