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Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated

EdTech Magazine

Mon, 09/10/2018 - 13:50. The partnership, called “Blue 365,” will focus on some of the most common tech solutions being introduced into the agricultural sphere , including cloud technology, robotics and advanced communications, according to Mary Snapp, corporate vice president and lead for Microsoft Philanthropies. .

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

Edsurge

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. In October 2018, 40.7 Reported percentages for quarters in 2018 appear to be similar. What will these teens expect of tech based on their current experiences? million more students left to connect. million students.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

Edsurge

Since 2018, she has been a partner at Learn Capital, a venture capital fund focused on the global education sector. Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality.

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The future includes good (human) teachers

The Hechinger Report

A man watches an artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor from a state-controlled news broadcaster, on his computer in Beijing on November 9, 2018. Like robots on an automotive assembly line, English AI can work 24 hours a day, doesn’t require benefits and can’t threaten its employer with a strike (yet). The future is upon us.

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Will a new batch of licenses help rural students get online?

The Hechinger Report

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. And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

" Tagged on: July 18, 2017 Let Robots Teach American Schoolkids | Bloomberg → This is not a work of satire. The publisher is working to integrate OpenStax Tutor Beta with major learning management systems, a feature slated to go live in fall 2018. Tagged on: July 18, 2017 Schools’ information up for sale on darknet?

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The Next Big Trends in #EdTech from @ISTE CEO Richard Culatta at #ISTE19

The Innovative Educator

SCREAM stands for science, computing, robotics, engineering, artificial intelligence, and math. It didn't take long for her to figure that out and then share her powerful story on the ISTE stage in 2018. Fortunately, teachers like April Keck DeGennaro who teaches at Peoples Elementary School in Georgia is.

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