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Robot Teachers vs Human Teachers:

Ask a Tech Teacher

Simona Johnes, editor-in-chief of Science and Literacy , an educational blog for teachers and parents, did some research into a topic that is of growing concern to my fellow teachers: Robots in the classrom. Here’s an interesting article comparing the pros and cons of robots vs. humans: . 5 pros of a robot teacher.

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Top 5 Game Development Platforms for Young Coders

Ask a Tech Teacher

Kids can build games, animate stories, and even learn robotics or Minecraft modding. Below is a comparison table to help you decide which platform might be the best fit for your young coder based on their interests, experience, and learning objectives. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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What Students Learned When They Made Robotics Relevant to Their Lives

Edsurge

A few years ago, toward the beginning of my journey into robotics, I mentored a team for a local competition. We were on our way to building a Tetrix Prime robot from a kit, when the unimaginable happened—our team’s laptops went missing—and with them, all of our code and design work. Ones that aren’t toys?”

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Teaching students specific technical skills

Neo LMS

This essentially means preparing students for a changed world of work, one where computers/ robots/ AI are increasingly able to perform human functions: the top functions likely to be taken over by data crunching learning machines are in the legal and accounting professions, as well as rote and repetitive manual tasks.

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AI in the classroom: Are we there yet?

Neo LMS

In his BETT talk , Joel Hellermark, founder of Sana technologies of Sweden, and all-round AI-prodigy, (not to be ageist but at 22, his approach, clear insight and success is quite astounding), defines machine learning via neural networks using a simple comparison: Deep Blue versus AlphaGo.

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EdTech definitions every teacher should know: Part 1

Neo LMS

I have also situated phrases that are often incorrectly interchanged against one another for what I hope is a useful comparison. Best Online Definition (ML) – Techopedia : “Machine learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) discipline geared toward the technological development of human knowledge. AR, VR, MR — the realities.

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Learning first, technology second

Learning with 'e's

Learning should always come before technology. Many teachers welcome the idea of bringing new technology into the classroom. In mathematics, I have seen interactive whiteboards used very effectively to teach number bonds and floor robots can be used successfully to teach geometry and algorithms. Let me elaborate.

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