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A Real Show Starter

eSchool News

Discusses the decreasing cost and increased accessibility of motion capture technology, citing Sony’s Mocap product as a cost-effective alternative. Future Hopes and Trends: Chad envisions a future where AI revolutionizes motion capture by eliminating the need for sensors, making the process more intuitive and accessible.

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The Wild and Amazing World of Augmented Reality

Ask a Tech Teacher

Augmented Reality In The Classroom – Revolutionary Trend To Transform The Future Education. While VR is a wonderful education tool in its own right, there are important distinctions between the two. More about AR: Carlton Books — using an app, traditional books become much more. ISTE-suggested AR resources for the classroom.

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KidZania: Hands-On Kid Sized Cities Coming To America

EdNews Daily

Capitalizing on the global trend of educational entertainment, KidZania will open in regional shopping centers owned and operated by GGP Inc. KidZania’s current industry partners include British Airways, Coca Cola, Mitsubishi Motors, Honda, Johnson & Johnson, Sony, Kellogg’s, H&M and Fuji Film. .

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The Uphill Battles Facing Asia’s Education Technology Startups

Edsurge

In technology, Sony and Nintendo are among the most internationally recognized brands. Like any industry, education is susceptible to hype and fads, and investors need time to learn which trends are real—and which ones fizzle. “No Japan has earned a reputation for exporting successful products and services from different industries.

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Impatient for workers, businesses help students take college shortcuts

The Hechinger Report

Many of his friends took the same shortcut to good jobs at companies including Sony and Lockheed Martin. State and federal agencies are joining the trend. Seck instead learned to code in a one-year programming course run by a nonprofit, where he stuck around for an extra year to master more advanced skills.

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Four Ways to Keep Track of Who Uses eReaders

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

Monitor up-to-the-minute developments and trends via blogs and Twitter. If you''re really serious about knowing about the status of the ereader industry, you can fork over $4500.00 (!) for International Data Corporation ''s Worldwide and U. eReader 2012-2016 Forecast which covers statistics for Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo Inc.,

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

Sony and IBM, for example, say they have developed a system for storing education records using blockchain technology, which relies on people called “miners” to solve cryptography problems in order to add transactions (in this case, digital transcripts) to the ledger. Sony says it is working towards a 2018 rollout.

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