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Top K–12 Tech Tools for Teaching STEM

EdTech Magazine

Computer-aided design software: There are a dozen kid-friendly CAD programs that allow budding engineers and architects to design 3D objects, from simple to sophisticated. . Robotics kits: Products like the Sony KOOV and HamiltonBuhl’s HB Invent! by Dan Tynan. Dan Tynan is a freelance writer based in San Francisco.

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Edtech Bootstrapping 101: A Survival Story

Edsurge

As a former video game designer for Sony Playstation, I’m pretty sure this is going to be easy. This time, we validate ideas with our end users before developing the software. February 2015 We bootstrap software development and curriculum production by selling camps and weekend coding sessions at our brick-and-mortar academy.

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Coding Websites/Webtools by Grade

Ask a Tech Teacher

KOOV –by Sony Education. Stencyl –build games without coding with downloaded software. Comments are closed but feel free to contact me via Twitter (@askatechteacher). I like programming video. Kodu—game programming. Learn to code. Minecraft coding mod. Pencil Code. Roboblockly –to teach coding and math, from UCDavis.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. If you want a job as a software developer in the technology industry, you’ll need a college degree. million ads for software-developer jobs nationwide. Preferably from Stanford.) “Bypass.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Related, via Wired : “ Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting.” Via Fast Company : “How Software Is Taking On School Shootings.” Via Techcrunch : “ Sony now has a Koov robotics learning kit for US classrooms.” ” It’s $520.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

Hack Education

Don’t mess with her on Twitter. Sony’s in the business. ” As venture capitalist Tom Vander Ark wrote in Education Week in July , “Chalk up the sector disruption to better software-as-a-service platforms, cheaper cloud-computing services and the rise of artificial intelligence across all HR functions.”