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7 Things to Know About Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

You can also use and create breakout educational experiences. We work with robotics, because robotics are tools that allow them to learn coding and to learn abstract logic and thinking while not sitting in front of a computer screen. So robots have motors, they have sensors, they can move around. So same as with a robot.

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How to enhance students’ work-ready skills

Neo LMS

Robotic or holographic avatar designer. Robot operator. The problem is that educational systems have not kept pace with these advancements. Below you can find a full list of important skills extracted from the Future of Skills report , created by Pearson. Cyborg designer. Smart cities developers. Cybersecurity specialist.

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Parents Don't Need to Be Coding Experts, Just Willing to Learn With Their Children

Edsurge

They were at a family coding event and had been working together to brainstorm an idea for a story, draw it on paper and try out different ways to recreate it using KIBO , a tangible robotics platform programmed using interlocking wooden blocks. He pressed the green triangle on top of the robot to run the program again.

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Hitting Reset, Knewton Tries New Strategy: Competing With Textbook Publishers

Edsurge

Earlier this year Ferreira stepped aside as CEO, replaced by Brian Kibby , a veteran of major textbook companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill. The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). Knewton’s pitch is that its mix of OER and an adaptive-learning system will set it apart.

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Dr. Marina Bers Named Chair of Tufts University’s Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development

techlearning

(Waltham, MA) October 24, 2018 — Dr. Marina Bers has been named the new department chair of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University. Dr. Bers said, “I am honored to have been appointed as the new chair of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development.

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I Moved a Drone With My Mind. Soon Your Students Will Too.

Edsurge

I stood facing the drone, about to face-off with a little robot. The drone was part of a demonstration of the powerful technology that the neuroinfomatics company EMOTIV offered at a conference on the power of technology and education. There is increasing interest in the role of meditation and mindfulness training in education.

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Certiport Recognizes Washington Teacher as Educator of the Year

eSchool News

The award was announced at Certiport’s 2023 CERTIFIED Educator Conference , where educators gather to explore the full promise and potential of business and technology certification in the classroom. She is also a robotics advisor for the largest VRC Robotics team in Washington. She has participated in the U.S.

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