EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Microsoft Invests in American Agriculture. To help prepare young rural Americans for the new demands of a tech-integrated workforce , Microsoft has partnered with the National Future Farmers of America to invest in agricultural education, EdScoop reports. Google Offers Digital Skills Workshops and Coaches. by Eli Zimmerman.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2018

With the Trump administration prioritizing $200 million a year toward STEM and computer science education and tech giants including Microsoft , Google, Amazon and Facebook ponying up another $300 million , there may be opportunities for schools new to the idea of STEM to get started. . schools offer programming or coding classes. .

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2018

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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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2023

She is also a robotics advisor for the largest VRC Robotics team in Washington. She genuinely has an interest in helping students make the most out of their time in her classroom, whether it’s developing a resumé or earning as many Microsoft certifications as possible.”

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TeacherCast

JULY 29, 2018

This year at ISTE , I had the opportunity to sit down with Tricia Van Hollebeke, Justin Chando and Mike Tholfsen from the Microsoft Education team at the Microsoft Education booth. Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Forms integration. Microsoft Education at ISTE. Microsoft Innovative Educator. Twitter: @mtholfsen.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

Understandably, there is still some hesitation at the idea of using this technology, as education professionals fear the day robots will replace teachers. “These tools also gather actionable insights and information about a student’s progress and report the data back to the teacher.”. For Tacoma (Wash.) by Eli Zimmerman.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Tynker , another application, is an augmented reality platform that lets students build AR projects in the classroom and teachers build coding courses around students’ affinities for video games; take Microsoft Minecraft for Education , for example. . by Eli Zimmerman.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Day 36 of 80 Days of Excellence From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Here are a few you might find as amusing as I did: A Robotic Interruption. Then she put it on the Wonderbot (a little robot you can drive around). So, basically, you had a little blue robot with 3 wheels.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2018

These include: digital citizenship, maker programs, robotics, augmented/virtual reality and coding. Please join the discussion on Twitter by using the #ConnectIT hashtag. She is a Certified Google Educator as well as a Microsoft Innovative Educator. Follow her on Twitter @amybrowns. Time flies at FETC! Content Subtype.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2018

These include: digital citizenship, maker programs, robotics, augmented/virtual reality and coding. Please join the discussion on Twitter by using the #ConnectIT hashtag. She is a Certified Google Educator as well as a Microsoft Innovative Educator. Follow her on Twitter @amybrowns. Time flies at FETC! Content Subtype.

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techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

It's incredibly dependent on third-party tools, and most camera placement makes it difficult. Basically, Google is my tool of choice when it comes to productivity, and a Google device is probably the best route to go for most because of that reason.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

Last fall, Microsoft also introduced a batch of relatively affordable mixed reality headsets that cut down the number of sensors needed to provide an immersive experience. VR in the Classroom Grows More Feasible. Once an expensive pursuit, virtual reality has become more affordable thanks to tools such as Google Cardboard. CDW Segment.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

At Loess Hills Elementary in Iowa, students use robotic toys, digital apps and other tools to learn to code — part of an emphasis on computer science and infusing the curriculum with lessons on coding — that began a few years ago and is now seen as a model for the rest of the state. . Experiment with new tech too.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Facebook, Google, Microsoft have pulled out of annual industry conferences, and called off events of their own. Twitter and Facebook have already pulled out of the main SXSW event.) The recent U.S. Across the broader technology world, the coronavirus has taken a toll on what were once routine gatherings.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, Twitter, SpaceX, and an investor in Open AI and Chat GPT, is now building a new competitor to Chat GPT. Although this quote mentions Microsoft, the same would apply to Google applications and many others. Robots will move so fast that you need a strobe light to see them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2017

Also mention the add-ons you can use such as robotics, Arduino, or 3D printing. . This includes not just Google Apps and Microsoft Office but webtools for digital storytelling, coding, backchannel devices, digital notetaking, programming, Scratch, and others. It might be your ability to speak Russian or use sign language.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2019

I wanted to move from, ‘this is how you insert clip art,’ to, ‘this is how to code robots in your classroom and make them move.’ I wanted to move from, ‘this is how you insert clip art,’ to, ‘this is how to code robots in your classroom and make them move.’ Henderson-Rosser’s favorite Twitter accounts: @ApsinstructTech.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 20, 2017

Teaching coding with robotics allows for that perception; toys in the classroom. While students are using iPads to program robots like the Wonder Workshop Dash , they do not recognize they are learning things like sequencing, problem solving, collaboration, and maybe even the robo-boogie. What are some famous robots you know of?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 24, 2017

A conversation with Carrie Willis on episode 83 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twitter handle: @carriewillis18. Carrie is an Apple Teacher, Microsoft Innovative Educator, DEN STAR, Wonder Innovation Squad member, and all-around techie. SeeSaw app.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Earlier this year, Microsoft made headlines when it debuted Tay, a new chatbot modeled to speak like a teenage girl, which rather dramatically turned into “ a Hitler-loving sex robot within 24 hours ” of its release, as The Telegraph put it. ” “Clippy’s back,” the headline read.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

Not 3D Printers On a panel with edtech executives from Microsoft, Google and IBM, Jonathan Rochelle, product management director at Google, reflected fondly on his past obsession with 3D printers, noting that the tool never reached the level of usefulness in homes and classrooms that he hoped for. That claim was quickly debated on Twitter ).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Google’s Alphabet Inc.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

” Via Techcrunch : “Twitter COO Anthony Noto resigns to become SoFi CEO.” ” Edsurge also has an article on Microsoft ’s press release : “Microsoft’s Many EDU Updates – and a Window of Opportunity to Win K–12 Market Share.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” Via The New York Times : “ Microsoft to Cut Up to 4,000 Sales and Marketing Jobs.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robotics and AI tech can revolutionize classroom ed ,” says Education Dive.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Related, via Wired : “ Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Teaching assistant robots will reinvent academia,” Times Higher Education claims. Via Techcrunch : “ Sony now has a Koov robotics learning kit for US classrooms.”

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Hell, why not let robots teach economics at George Mason University?! Competition.”

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RafranzDavis.com

JULY 10, 2016

This was a perfect start for me as a graduate from a program that empowered us to be creators of experiences instead of taking on the robotic like lens that many first year teachers were forced to do. Microsoft needed to hear that their collaboration tools sucked in order to begin to work out why.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

” Via Motherboard : “ Twitter Is Banning Anyone Whose Date of Birth Says They Joined Before They Were 13.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Microsoft has acquired GitHub. Here’s the NYT headline : “Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 The company has raised $15.7 million total.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

That is, major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter increasingly made it difficult for ThinkUp to work with their APIs. ” Via the Hechinger Report : “Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code?” Microsoft announced it would make its largest acquisition ever, buying LinkedIn for $26.2

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. As such these companies – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and the like – are the most significant education companies. I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

Related: a Twitter thread from Leo Casey about the various connections the Success Academy chain has to Trump and his wealth right-wing backers the Mercers. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Teaching Robots to Learn Teaches the Students Too,” says Campus Technology. Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Microsoft Moves to Enable Streamlined Purchasing of Bundled Products for Education.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Getting Smart : “Using Robots to Teach Elementary Students About Human Nature.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. But he’s still welcome on college campuses and Twitter. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Via abc.net.au : “ Queensland children as young as four will learn coding and robotics as a compulsory part of their education from next year.” ” “ Robot Takeover of Higher Ed Hits a Snag,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” “ Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation ,” Techcrunch reports.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

As CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski noted on Twitter Tuesday, Eck, who is now a special assistant to Secretary DeVos, tweeted last November that Hamill should ‘stick to playing Han Solo’s short little b—-’ after Hamill tweeted criticism of the Trump administration.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” ( A good thread on Twitter in response.). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Wired : “The Young and the Reckless – A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft ’s videogame empire. Upgrades and Downgrades. ” Teachers will not be compensated for this work. .”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Twitter announced big layoffs this week – 9% of its staff – and said it would shutter its video app Vine. Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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