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Coding platforms and robotics kits offer hands-on learning experiences, allowing students to apply programming concepts in a tangible way. Platforms like Scratch and robotics kits like LEGO Mindstorms empower students to experiment with coding and robotics, promoting critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Additionally, Blackboard Ally now supports integration with four major learning environments including Blackboard Learn, Moodle, Moodlerooms and Instructure Canvas. Wonder Workshop ( www.makewonder.com ) previewed a middle school solution that brings coding and applied robotics into the classroom.
For example, the web browser Firefox and the Learning Management System Moodle are both open source. Using an Arduino board , you can do all kinds of physical computing, from manipulating LEDs to robotics. Examples of Open Source Software. You may be using Open Source without realizing it.
Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein continues to fight the LMS fight: “Fear and Loathing in the Moodle Community.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. ” Spoiler alert: AI doesn’t care.
Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. The Dash and Dot robot wonder pack from Wonder Workshop Stay tuned at the end of the show for how to enter.
It seems to me as though this year was pretty momentous too, if for no other reason than the open source LMS Moodle – first released 15 years ago and by far the most popular LMS in the world – raised its very first round of venture capital in October. Raising venture capital isn’t (necessarily) good news.
“The Moodle / Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It” by e-Literate’s Michael Feldstein. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “ Robots Won’t Replace Instructors , 2 Penn State Educators Argue.
” asks Moodle News. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Children are susceptible to peer pressure from robots,” says The Verge. (So Via Techcrunch : “This happy robot helps kids with autism.” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. ” asks Edsurge. PR gonna PR.
” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The Hechinger Report lists “Ten jobs that are safe from robots.” Via Moodle News : “Amid Low Adoption, DoD R&D Will Keep xAPI Alive And That’s Good News.” .” Via Edsurge : “What U.S. ” LOL.
Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. ” Via Bryan Alexander : “ Moodle and the next LMS: reflections and more questions.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
“‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. There’s more about Mattel’s robots and privacy in the privacy section below. classrooms: An army of robots to help autistic students learn social skills.” ” by Nicholas Carr.
“Why Moodle Supporters Should be Concerned,” according to Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. But anyway… Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Something something robots something something. ” That’s Sherry Turkle. And from Phil Hill : “A Note on Data Used for LMS Market Analysis.”
Also from Feldstein : “ Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Blackboard ’s Defense of its Finances is not Persuasive,” writes Michael Feldstein. ” Via Edsurge : “When School Districts Buy From Amazon , Are They Getting the Best Deal?
” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. ” Via Edsurge : “Why Moodle ’s Mastermind, Martin Dougiamas, Still Believes in Edtech After Two Decades.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” From the HR Department.
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