Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2017

If you don’t do anything to make the studying material more appealing, you can’t expect great engagement and results in your classroom. If you don’t do anything to make the studying material more appealing, you can’t expect great engagement and results in your classroom. Ask your students. They still think the lessons are boring.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

And while I use cell phones to teach — Nearpod, Quizziz, Edpuzzle, and more are helpful to me – smartphones can be addictive as crack cocaine for some. And while some students are not often engaged with learning, others have the opposite problem and are always studying. The Call of the Phone can be overpowering.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If they are right, it would mean short-circuiting the famous “10,000-hour rule” based on studies by education researcher Anders Ericsson and popularized by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.” That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

By providing them with enough knowledge and guiding them in the right direction, we will have more students opting for these branches of studies in future and developing many new innovative tools for the benefit of life around us. Take your smartphone, for example, every month there’s a new update.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Smartphones have been around for 10 years now, but in education, the shifts are vastly different within our classrooms. Students had to study the US map, come up with questions, and use their critical thinking skills to try and guess where in the US the other school was from.

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MindShift

MARCH 21, 2018

We adults do have some bad habits around technology, studies find; for example, parents tend to talk less with their children in the presence of an electronic toy than a traditional one. Many parents and teachers cringe at the notion of delegating that most classic of bonding moments to a robot. Smart speakers as storytellers.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 28, 2021

At what age should a child get a smartphone and why? Write a story about spending a day with a robot, a dog, and a cow. Describe a life without electronics – no smartphones, tablets, laptops… Describe a hole in the garden. How long can you go without a smartphone? When is a person addicted to their smartphone?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

She has taught English Language Arts, Social Studies, Film, Journalism, and enjoys writing, illustrating, and cooking in her free time. But I think expect that as a teacher, if all you're asking students to do is work that an AI robot can do. 00;11;23;22 – 00;11;32;11 Dan Fitzpatrick It's going to be huge.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2018

You see, Marty Ringle has been working in educational technology for more than 40 years, and he’s seen it all—the birth of the PC and and their early use at colleges, the building out of the internet, which started at colleges, and the arrival of smartphones. Before Ringle studied technology, he specialized in philosophy.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Today all it takes is a smartphone with a high-quality camera to get started. The book includes a framework for analyzing video evidence along with 12 video learning strategies such as Video Learning Communities (VLCs), Virtual Walk-throughs and Online Lesson Study. Make the barrier to pushing record low.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robotics and AI tech can revolutionize classroom ed ,” says Education Dive. “ Robotics and AI tech can revolutionize classroom ed ,” says Education Dive. “Need jobs?

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The 1216BKBT Bluetooth Jackbox provides a cost-efficient way to stream audio from a smartphone, tablet or other Bluetooth-enabled device to six separate headphones. KinderLab Robotics ( kinderlabrobotics.com ) announced Free Throw , a throwing-arm attachment that lets the KIBO robot toss ping pong-sized balls.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The closest it comes is something called “Internet Gaming Disorder,” and that is listed as a condition for further study, not an official diagnosis. There are brain-imaging studies of the effects of screen time, he says. Zichermann calls this, “a robot sitting on your shoulder — the angel of your good intention.”

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 17, 2015

The Swivl Robot, Swivl Capture App and Swivl Cloud offer the tools to support and make student ownership of learning possible in the classroom. Allow students to demonstrate mastery of skills by teaching others using a video-enabled device like a smartphone or tablet and the Swivl Capture app.

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MindShift

APRIL 14, 2019

The data prompted Frock to start the independent school in a space made available by Corning Incorporated , a global company responsible for inventing products like Pyrex, the gorilla glass on smartphones and the ceramic in a catalytic converter. Corning is a small, rural community with a median income of about $50,000, but Corning Inc.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

They settle in at the computers where Caine teaches coding and software, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or they head to the back room for the 3-D printer, vinyl cutter and robotics kits. Some kids come to log extra time on class projects. Others show up just for the internet. Caine oversees the school’s Chromebooks.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune. Compatibility: The pieces are perfectly sized for small vehicles, robots, figurines, or balls to navigate the maze. Terrapin is also offering a Makerspace Bundle, which includes all of their robots, the new Easi-Scope, and a variety of accessories.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Max Newlon, a research scientist at BrainCo, adds the company is also studying if the headset could help students and families “train their brain” to improve attention skills. Sandra Loo Newlon says BrainCo is also working on a smartphone game that will rely on EEG measurements from the headset to help people improve focus.

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Kathy Schrock

OCTOBER 1, 2016

In a study group or professional learning community, educators can dissect the lesson and methodologies used in the videos and come up with ideas for use in their own classroom when using Discovery Education Streaming or Techbook. Swivl is best used with a tablet versus a smartphone, and the software is available for both iOS and Android.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. The girls quickly moved well beyond the tutorials and started experimenting and coding little animations related to topics they were studying in school.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes but with some critical caveats."

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes but with some critical caveats."

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Anxiety over the influence of technology in schools, as in our lives, is an old story — but one made painfully acute by the glowing smartphone on which you may be reading this article. The same was true at the affluent, predominantly white Barrington Middle School, which will soon move into a $68 million building fitted with a robotics lab.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

“ France Bans Smartphones in Schools Through 9th Grade. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The Hechinger Report lists “Ten jobs that are safe from robots.” ” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Black students default on college loans at a higher rate than others, study finds.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via The Verge : “ France bans smartphone use in schools.” Via the New Haven Independent : “The school board [in New Haven , Connecticut ] will allow Yale University continue with a study on students struggling to read, but tighter rules will be in place for any future research.” National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

Cuts to work study. “Are Teenagers Replacing Drugs With Smartphones ?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A new study from the University of California, Riverside, shows that student veterans attending rural community colleges struggle with integrating into campus communities.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Selected students can now choose to download a digital version of their degree certificate to their smartphones when they graduate, in addition to receiving a paper diploma.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “Teachers Are Finding Innovative Ways to Use Robots in Class,” claims Education Week.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Amy Silverman writes in The Phoenix New Times about ASU ’s decision not to approve a disability studies major. ” That’s Tariq Ramadan , a professor of contemporary Islamic studies. But anyway… Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The Next Web says “This smartphone app is like an AI chastity belt for teens.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

“ Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. A new study of New York City schools says no – they help.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “New study finds 13 percent of community college students lack the food and nutrition they need.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

A Stanford student group, Stanford Students Against Addictive Devices , is protesting Apple for its role in “ smartphone addiction.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Tarena International has acquired the K–12 robotics company Wuhan Haoxiaozi Robot Technology (a.k.a.

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