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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom. It starts with a game of Robot Turtles, a board game by Thinkfun that’s being used at Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, Ill., Within HWS and District 36’s other four schools, this is the first step of a journey that will touch on coding and robotics at each grade level.

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Focus on 21st-century skills: 3 Digital trends in K-12 education

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Compulsively engaging with social media, posting everything about their daily lives, or playing video games is not synonymous with digital literacy. 3 Digital trends in K-12 education. Here are three educational trends that may help students interact with technology and online media in a more meaningful way: Digital critical thinking.

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Current Trends in Education

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Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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Video Assignments Are the New Term Paper. How Does That Change Teaching and Learning?

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Digital video has taken the world by storm. Unsurprisingly, we increasingly learn from digital video. Traditional colleges now rely on digital video, too, as campuses have established official channels and faculty regularly turn to YouTube for content. We also explored the rise of teaching via live video. This is part 3.

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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university

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Robot teachers. The idea of a robot teacher may seem like a too futuristic concept at the moment, but it’s really an ongoing project in many schools and colleges worldwide. Robot teachers are able to work 24/7 without taking a break and don’t need a salary. They are patient and unbiased. Online learning.

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Do Chatbot Tutors Work Better When They're Upbeat — and Female?

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And that did happen for male participants in the study, who did better on a post-video quiz about the material when a happy voice delivered the material than when a sad one did. Sarin compared a white professor having a computer agent deliver their lecture video in a “Black voice” to a performer in blackface.

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The importance of agency in successful edtech adoptions

eSchool News

Do not purchase new technology because it is the hottest trend. In fact, the DOE’s “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning” report recommends keeping humans in the loop with AI: “We envision a technology-enhanced future more like an electric bike and less like robot vacuums.

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