Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

I’ve come along way since then, moving from traditional library programming into the 21st century, with coding and robotics to match. Robots in the library. Students creating robot art Along with my new online curriculum, I also wanted to give the students real world opportunities to use their coding skills.

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Tom Murray

OCTOBER 14, 2017

These printers are listed below, as are brief references to their cost, utilization, and ROI – Return on Instruction , a concept that Eric Sheninger and I share in Learning Transformed (ASCD, 2017). As seen with these 3D printers, full classes of students can venture on a field trip to the library or makerspace.

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Social Media Robotics EdTech Libraries 280

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

John Unsworth , dean of libraries and professor of English at the University of Virginia, who led the panel, put the total in perspective. In the day’s keynote address, Kate Zwaard, Chief of National Digital Initiatives at the Library of Congress, talked about scale and wonder in the digital era. That sounds like a lot of money.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

It turns out the disc-shaped vacuum cleaner, which uses sensors to autonomously zip around homes is also a great tool to teach students about robotics and empathy. It all started with his students’ obsession with robots. He knew there was a disconnect for his 4-year-old students between what robots do in cartoons and in the real world.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

Launched in early 2017, the basic game is geared toward 3- to 8-year-olds and available free to schools. Squiggle Park, which is based in Nova Scotia, Canada, prefers to compare itself to the likes of Supercell, the maker of Clash of Clans that raked in $810 million in profits in 2017, rather than fellow game-based learning companies.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2018

Maggie is a fifth grader at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge, Illinois and in Fall 2017, she was trained to become a “TechXpert” at her school so she could coach fellow students daily during the tech lab at the LRC. Finally, she made it to the charging station and her shift at the learning resource center (LRC) officially started.

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Learning With Lucie

JUNE 1, 2017

Add that to all who presented in regular workshop sessions and you will soon realize why the 2017 Dynamic Landscape conference was an amazing event focused on authentic student voice. We had over 100 teachers and students exhibiting innovative practices for teaching and learning over the two days in the Innovation Lounge alone.

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techlearning

AUGUST 28, 2018

(Waltham, MA) August 28, 2018 – KinderLab Robotics today expanded its KIBO™ curriculum suite by introducing KIBO Activity Center Guidebook : Activities and Setup Recommendations for a KIBO Activity Center. This KIBO Activity Center Guidebook helps teachers create a robotics center.

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Robotics Academic Standards Education Libraries 40

techlearning

APRIL 11, 2018

(Waltham, MA) April 11, 2018 — KinderLab Robotics , the creators of KIBO™ , a robot kit designed to teach children ages 4–7 to build, program, decorate, and bring their own robot to life without requiring any screen-time, today announced its acceptance to STEMworks , an online honor roll of high-quality STEM education programs.

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Robotics Meeting STEM Libraries 40

Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2017

For us, it was at EdFoo 2017 , an un-conference of teachers, edtech gurus, funders and others gathered at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters for three days of spontaneous learning. When was the last time you walked into a conference without an agenda? Or, for that matter, without the slightest idea of what you might learn?

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Edcamps Conference Robotics Examples 124

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Stats on the First 800 Episodes 00;01;23;21 – 00;01;45;21 John Davis Well, Mom, since you and Dad started the 10 Minute teacher back in February of 2017, this show has reached over 6.5 They have a wonderful lesson library that they've created as well. 00;01;22;17 – 00;01;23;14 Vicki Davis Take it away, John.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 521

Educator Innovator

MARCH 11, 2019

In the fall of 2018, the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network expanded to include the Teen Hangout youth program at the Loveland Public Library in Loveland Colorado. MacArthur Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Loveland Public Library is the third institution to join the network under its new affiliate program.

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Libraries Robotics iPad Meeting 38

techlearning

AUGUST 21, 2018

NEW YORK, NY – August 21, 2018 – School Library Journal(SLJ) has announced Ali Schilpp, a library media specialist from Northern Middle School in Accident, MD, as the 2018 School Librarian of the Year. Schu, the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs; a “Mr.

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techlearning

JULY 12, 2018

After successfully piloting the Workbench solution during the 2017 - 2018 school year, the district is expanding the use of the Workbench Education platform to an additional seven of the district’s 21st Century Schools. Workbench enables schools to implement Project Based Learning (PBL), STEM/STEAM, and Making into their curriculum.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But, there is NOT just one right way to do library. But should a formal makerspace need to be a part of every school library? . At conferences, librarians share with me that their administrators insist they devote significant library real estate to 3D printing and a variety of other maker equipment.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 11, 2019

In the fall of 2018, the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network expanded to include the Teen Hangout youth program at the Loveland Public Library in Loveland Colorado. MacArthur Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Loveland Public Library is the third institution to join the network under its new affiliate program.

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Libraries Robotics iPad Meeting 36

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

So Joffe created eLearn.fyi , a database of more than 300 online learning tools, including a civics curriculum founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and engineering lessons on how to build a robotic arm. But the gatherings she and her four housemates hold aren’t sloppy ragers so much as children’s birthday parties.

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Education Online Learning Report Elementary 122

The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

Three years ago I shared with you what I was buying to boost our Makerspace area using four empty Library study carrels that no longer held desktop Macs. Our MHMS Makerspace How it works: Kids can come in before school, during lunch, or when they've finished their work to explore, craft, and create in the Library Media Center.

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Gamification Robotics Libraries Guidelines 63

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. In total, the homework gap hits some 12 million school-aged kids nationwide, according to a 2017 congressional report, “ America’s Digital Divide.”.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

who are interested in establishing a makerspace in their libraries. Registration for the course began November 1, 2017. The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 75

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. announced the U.S.

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Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 72

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

The graduation rate rose dramatically, from 81 percent in 2011 to 91 percent in 2017. TI-NSpire CAS BLENDING THROUGH COLLABORATION PATCH has a lending library of tech awaiting learners’ eager hands. Absent students can join classrooms through robotic telepresence. The Z-Space tech lab was the next. Desmos graphing calculator ?

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 69

EdTechTeam

MAY 10, 2017

The resources that are featured in our EdTech Playgrounds come directly from our classrooms and libraries. The stations are setup in the library, and teachers rotate through the stations to learn from the Tech Squad students. Instructional Technology Coach Apple Distinguished Educator 2017 Google Certified Educator Twitter: @betzvela

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EdTech Digital Citizenship iPad Libraries 41

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2017

The webcast will take place on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. Ed-tech company Workbench and Maryland’s network of public libraries have partnered to launch an online maker space for libraries throughout the state. ET and will be hosted by Donell Pons, M.Ed.,

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Maker Movement Libraries Trends Robotics 40

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 7, 2016

From integrating technology into school libraries, to special education, to coding and robotics, there was something for everyone this year. Visit our calendar to watch recordings of past events and to sign up for 2017. In 2016 edWeb.net hosted over 250 webinars that have been viewed by 170,000 educators.

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Assistive Technology Robotics Libraries Strategy 40

Learning with 'e's

JULY 12, 2017

Photo from LSE Library on Flickr Most of the students starting university at the end of summer 2017 were born around the turn of the century. As global management consultants McKinsey and Company rightly identify, jobs in the near future will increasingly come under threat from artificial intelligence and robotics.

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Social Media Robotics Study Technology 54

The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I recently talked to my supervisor, Julie Alonso-Hughes, district coordinator of instructional technology and library media, about additional social media guidelines. I might share a Kindle quote from what I’m reading, a picture of my Mom’s perfect Thanksgiving turkey, or a selfie with a friend at an Ed Tech or Library conference.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

Think of ways this could be used in programs both in and outside of your own schools like the YMCA, tutoring programs, community sports, and libraries. Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. © Shake Up Learning 2017. SAT/ACT Study Groups. Private Google+ Community.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

enhancing every-day learning experiences–media-rich annotations of historic places, libraries (shelves, books?), CoSpaces : Build and navigate 3D and 360 degree virtual reality worlds, either replicating actual places or creating imaginary ones, using objects and backgrounds from Cospaces’s library or importing your own.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

— Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) January 19, 2017. Every Tuesday and Thursday, at least 4 of her students come to our library to work with students who sign up for our open makerspace time. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) February 7, 2017. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) February 7, 2017.

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Robotics Groups Libraries Course 28

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Last year Tanya Patrice of Girlxoxo gathered a Master List of 2017 Reading Challenges that will continue to spark a million ideas. Make them discoverable by listing those that work best on a library web page or a LibGuide or gather them on a curation platform. International Children’s Digital Library. Goodreads Lists.

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Libraries Robotics Strategy Course 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. ” This seems to fly in the face of the library profession ’s belief in privacy. ” Spoiler alert: AI doesn’t care. UBTech has raised $400 million from Tencent Holdings.

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Education Company Khan Academy Training 44

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

People walk to a Harris County Sheriff air boat while escaping a flooded neighborhood during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017 in Houston, Texas. In the library, we’re ready to let them talk about what has happened. This is not your grandmother’s library. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images).

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Robotics Libraries Tablets Report 95

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

As school leaders, you’ll want to dig into the NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition. But while this year’s K12 report practically screams school libraries to me, it does so rather quietly in PDF. Mark Dzula addresses Library as Incubator and his conviction that. Learners are creators.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

From the press release : “FBI Releases 2017 Hate Crime Statistics.” ” The Scholarly Kitchen weighs in on layoffs at DPLA , the Digital Public Library of America. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. More robot news up in the MOOC section above. ” More on the report from Pacific Standard.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Since then, he has had a long and successful career, taking on more challenging roles along the way, ultimately becoming the superintendent of Norman Public Schools in 2017. In 1999, he was awarded the Governor’s Humanitarian Award for his service to students during the May 3, 1999 tornado that damaged Westmoore High School.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. “They want to overhaul the entire chain of culture production,” former New Republic editor Franklin Foer cautions in his 2017 book World Without Mind:The Existential Threat of Big Tech. .“Fake

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