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2021 Reflections: Looking Back and Harnessing Powerful Possibilities

Digital Promise

As we approach the end of 2021, we at Digital Promise also wanted to reflect on the year that was. Below, Digital Promise staff share reflections, lessons, and learnings from 2021 and offer hopes for education in the new year. How 2021 has changed the way we view our role in education. What has inspired us over the past year. ??Juliana

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What Really Happened in Hybrid Classrooms This Year

The CoolCatTeacher

She bravely reflects on the real struggles, challenges, and quality of education in the school year 2020-2021. Recently, I shared 21 Hot Topics for Teacher Professional Development for Summer 2021. Tennille Johnston is an award-winning science teacher in Texas who is speaking out about what really happened this school year.

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Hour of Code? Here’s why to participate

Ask a Tech Teacher

December 6-12th, 2021, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one-hour introduction to students on coding, programming, and why they should love it, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Looking for a Class Robot? Scratch Jr.

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How Teachers Are Talking About AI in Education

The CoolCatTeacher

Children and robots (concerns of misrepresentation of a robot). In a 2012 study about children’s social and moral relationship with a humanoid robot, 9, 12, and 15 year olds interacted with a humanoid robot named Robovie. At the end of the session, against Robovie’s objections, the robot was put into a closet.

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Exploring generative AI through the lens of science fiction: A framework for educational dialogue

eSchool News

A great potential starting place is Asimov’s I, Robot (1950). This is a collection of short stories that introduced Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. A 2004 film, I, Robot, starring Will Smith, is based primarily on one of the I, Robot stories (Little Lost Robot) and Asimov’s Three Laws.

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7 Reasons Advancement Courses Has Excellent Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

From July through December 2021, I took Teaching Computer Science in Grades 6-12 from Advancement Courses for my three hours of college credit required by my certification organization. . As a result, I was able to find some excellent research on not only programming (Ricketts) but the use of robotics (Elkin). Course Background.

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2021

Edsurge

In 2021, we told the story of a student who was surprised to learn that the professor featured in his online course lecture videos died years ago. And we also looked at whether home robots could come to classrooms, and that one made the list as well. Below are the 10 top episodes of 2021 as voted by listeners.

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