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Privacy and Security Evaluation of the Anki Vector Robot

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As part of the launch of our new smart-device security testing, the Common Sense Privacy Program evaluated a popular smart device called Vector and conducted a hands-on basic security assessment for parents and teachers to learn more. Software The Vector Robot mobile application launches with a welcome screen.

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Privacy and Security Evaluation of the Anki Vector Robot

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As part of the launch of our new smart-device security testing, the Common Sense Privacy Program evaluated a popular smart device called Vector and conducted a hands-on basic security assessment for parents and teachers to learn more. Software The Vector Robot mobile application launches with a welcome screen.

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How Professors Can Encourage Students to Join Them for Office Hours

Edsurge

Viji Sathy, a teaching associate professor and program evaluator of chancellor’s science scholars at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, encourages us to be more inclusive in how we approach office hours by using different formats, times and locations. He invites his students to set appointments using the YouCanBook.me

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

Director of Research and Program Evaluation. We believe our middle school students are ready for more complex projects, including using simulations which require students to program robots to solve challenges. So our STEAM Studio teachers are going to pilot a new robotics product in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.

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A summer program uses the arts to combat the achievement gap

The Hechinger Report

Armed with program evaluation data, Baltimore City Public Schools has expanded the academy from one to eight sites over the last four years. The academy is run by Young Audiences, a Baltimore nonprofit dedicated to arts-based education. And students seem to love it.

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Staying Educationally Relevant in Instructional Technology

Tech Helpful

Sometimes.that is modeling clay or a poster board, or a robot. I realized it was my job to help teachers integrate technology but I also feel like it is my job to find the best tool at hand to meet the need, to teach the skill, to support the learning. More often than not, it may be all of the above depending on the student.