Digital Promise

DECEMBER 18, 2018

So many headlines focus on automation, robots, artificial intelligence, and the looming loss of jobs. Pew research suggests just 24 percent of US adults with less than a high-school diploma have home broadband access, while further Pew research indicates 95 percent of U.S. Meet Learners Where They Operate. What browser did you use?”

Software 303

Software Mobility Smartphone Social Media 303

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

Broadband 91

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 91

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. And if you’re still wondering about our robot overlords and where they fit in—well, what do you think the current K-12 boom in coding is for? What will these teens expect of tech based on their current experiences?

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 167

MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. They started incubating coding, robotics and other computational project classes in after-school programs and summer clubs. No single child designed a complete machine.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

A Stanford student group, Stanford Students Against Addictive Devices , is protesting Apple for its role in “ smartphone addiction.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Tarena International has acquired the K–12 robotics company Wuhan Haoxiaozi Robot Technology (a.k.a.

Education 47

Education Kaplan MOOC Coursera 47

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. “ Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. These 11 Cases Show How.” ” asks Edsurge.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46