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ISTELive sessions you don’t want to miss

Hapara

View Session Details >> Hands-on learning Creating high-level robotics projects with LEGO and micro:bit Presenters : Lisa Schwartz and Joshua Zimmerman When : Wednesday, June 28, 12:30 p.m. – View Sessions Details >> Cultivate belonging in online learning spaces Presenters : Noël Gieringer, Dr. . –

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. Preconference workshop. Online learning is on the rise.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

A 2017 study by the RAND Corporation found that 17 percent of teachers in the personalized learning schools surveyed said they devote a least a quarter of class time to tutoring students one-on-one, compared to just 9 percent of teachers surveyed nationwide. A wave of pilot programs appeared in classrooms across the city.

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Coding outside the lines: CoderDojos get kids psyched about programming by turning them loose

The Hechinger Report

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. Quintyn Scott (left) and Ella Bartholomew program robots at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

Colorado vendors and school districts are required by the state to facilitate safe online learning experiences. In the 2020-21 school year, the FlexPoint team helped more than 160 new schools and districts around the nation launch their first online learning programs during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Georgia Tech moves forward with plans to create storefronts for its online education programs, joining a growing number of institutions offering hybrid online learning experiences.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “The wife of independent Sen.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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. But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors. Common Core State Standards.

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