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3 Techniques for Promoting Resilience in Adult Digital Literacy

Digital Promise

So many headlines focus on automation, robots, artificial intelligence, and the looming loss of jobs. But these behaviors are symptomatic of something more than a simple lack of software-specific training and “skills gaps.”. These data tend to be confirmed by adult educators. The Future is Now.

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Learning in the Age of Disruption

EdNews Daily

New innovations or iterations in technology, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, smart materials, mobile commerce, social media, biotechnology, 3-D printing, nanotechnology, robotics and medicine are transforming every facet of the human experience.

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What AI can and can’t do in education

eSchool News

When some people hear the term “artificial intelligence,” they think of robots like the ones in the Steven Spielberg movie AI. As a tool among others in the software developer’s toolbox, it is used under the hood in many services and applications that teachers and students use every day in schools and families rely on at home.

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How to Build a Modern School – 6 Key Elements to Embed in Your Groundwork

ViewSonic Education

For example, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls not only empathize intellect but also social skills in their mission statement. This school recognizes that there is a gap in Millennials and Generation Z’s social skills fueled by growing up on mobile phones, social media, and online chatting.

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Enough With the Screen Time Scare! How to Be Sensible About Children’s Device Use

Edsurge

In the middle, we have software, games and apps of varying educational quality. Of course, watching a YouTube clip is very different than programming a robot to shoot a basketball. As a former classroom teacher and current industry professional, I follow media research closely. However, not all screen use is equal.

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

Edsurge

It may be the biggest question in college edtech during the pandemic: Should tests be allowed to robotically watch students? The more recent rise of automated proctoring tools replace those humans with software robots, thereby reducing the cost. The issue involves so-called automated proctoring services.

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How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Kids?

Edsurge

Now, it's obvious when we look at extreme examples, but just take the case of social media and imagine a child who spends 15 minutes on Instagram. Creative uses of technology include audio and visual recording and mixing, coding, web and app design, word processing, drawing, robotics and 3D modeling.

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