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7 Things to Know About Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

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. Each block represents a command for the robot. 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. Below you can find a full list of important skills extracted from the Future of Skills report , created by Pearson. You can even go beyond this, and maybe plan a visit for students at a robotics lab or at a local technology company. Cyborg designer. Digital literacy.

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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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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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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. Early on, Pearson had embraced Knewton’s technology and even invested in the company, but this year that publisher decided to pull back on the use of Knewton’s platform.

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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. When I asked David Pearson, a British clinical psychologist who works with children facing adversity, if regular mindfulness practice would have helped me fly my drone his answer was “Yes, it would.” My mind-control-drone-moving experience was nothing like this.

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What Can Teachers Look Forward To This Year from Office 365?

TeacherCast

New Pearson Curriculum for Mixed Reality Headsets. As an Education Specialist and Product Developer there, Tricia created LEGO sets and learning solutions for several curriculum areas including Language Arts, STEM, and Robotics. Allowing students to share and amplify their voice through video. STEM Saturdays at retail stores.