Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

schools accessing high-speed broadband, and devices all but ubiquitous in the classroom, the question is no longer whether teachers and students are using technology, but how. Teachers themselves report a lack of confidence using technology tools in the classroom. With 99 percent of U.S. On its face, that sounds like a good thing.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2023

Thanks to unprecedented advances in technology, society continues to evolve at an exponential rate. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us, and it is drastically different from the previous three, with the hallmark of this period being the momentous evolution of digital technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Librarian Chad Lehman helps us learn about the technologies we need to set up an awesome maker space. Maker spaces are great places for kids to explore and learn, so take a trip inside the new library — one with a Maker space. The library is popular again! The technologies Chad has in his maker space. Guess what?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Our third Library 2.019 mini-conference, "Emerging Technology," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 30th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to register now to participate in this event.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Our third Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Emerging Technology," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 30th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Here, two seasoned librarians shed light on their biggest lessons learned in 2017 and look forward to the up-and-coming trends for the new year. There’s no denying that libraries today look a lot different than they did 20 years ago. This year was the second year that our library was a makerspace. ” – Robin Glugatch.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Back at ALA Midwinter, I was honored to present on LITA’s Top Tech Trends panel , with fellow panelists Kate Tkacik, Suzanne Wulf, Becky Yoose, James Neal and Cynthia Dudenhoffer. Each of us was initially assigned two trends to explore and discuss. I thought I’d break my own two ish trends and resources into two posts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Last fall, ChatGPT, an AI-powered language model, became the subject of widespread discussion, from lighthearted memes about robots taking over to genuine confusion about the capabilities and implications of AI.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. She’s the namesake of Maria, a destructive robot character from the 1927 silent film “Metropolis.” I am told I am a robot for good every day.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 29, 2023

Learning Revolutions's ChatGPT Bootcamp for Teaching and Learning: Harnessing the Power of ChatGPT in Education with Steve Hargadon A 3-hour live online session with non-expiring access to recordings (The separate bootcamp for libraries and librarians is here.) Please note that if you are individually signed up for the Library 2.0

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Even before this crisis, concerns were rising about a potential loss of jobs and the rising demand for digital skills due to technologies such as automation and AI. Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. that is now officially a recession.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

Andy Yung has been teaching Pre-K in New York City for the past six years, and he works thoughtfully to incorporate technology into his instruction in a developmentally appropriate way. It all started with his students’ obsession with robots. His students acted like scientists, observing the robot in action in its natural habitat.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

HP Spotlight Schools are part of the Reinvent the Classroom initiative , a collaboration between Digital Promise, HP, Microsoft and Intel, recognizing Powerful Learning with technology. Aaron Moiso, a pre-engineering and robotics teacher, explains, “I started producing short video lessons to teach students different concepts.

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Bryan Alexander

OCTOBER 17, 2015

I think their trends fall into three categories: advances in artificial intelligence; growth of the Internet of Things; mobile intelligence, or the first two categories mashed together. The content authoring trend, for example, we’re already seeing in bot-writing for sports and finance journalism.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The annual K12 Horizon Report regularly identifies and profiles six key trends, six significant challenges, and six developments in educational technology likely to impact teaching and learning. But while this year’s K12 report practically screams school libraries to me, it does so rather quietly in PDF.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Technological minutiae in the classroom carry such immense consequences that it can be hard to think beyond tomorrow’s software update, nevermind next year’s LMS rollout. According to Dr. Kaku, talking wallpaper, data-reading toilets and other technologies that seem like miracles today are a mere fifty years away. Dr. Michio Kaku.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

One more stat — which may explain the whole social-media-as-news-trend — and then I’ll connect these dots: 60% of people don’t trust traditional news sources. Library Spot. a link to your library’s digital site. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. How to Research.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But, there is NOT just one right way to do library. But should a formal makerspace need to be a part of every school library? . At conferences, librarians share with me that their administrators insist they devote significant library real estate to 3D printing and a variety of other maker equipment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

Hummingbird Robotics Kit. Sylvia Libow Martinez is a co-author of Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering the Classroom helping teachers bring the exciting tools and technology of the Maker Movement to classrooms worldwide. Invent to Learn by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager. Download the Transcript. Sylvia Martinez.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2017

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Reading Horizons announced its upcoming webcast, Dyslexia: Best Practices for Instruction and Intervention.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

This stellar district continues to up its game responding to its highest pressure points: social and cultural expectations for consumer-level personalized digital experiences, ever-changing academic and technical standards and increasing technology complexity. We provide, support, and sustain technology deeply aligned with our vision.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”? It’s a crisis of knowledge and expertise and science. (It’s

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Are any education technologies, for that matter? ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. They’re amazing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Library 2.014 - October 8th + 9th. We are gearing up for another amazing year of the Library 2.014 Conference.

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techlearning

AUGUST 9, 2018

Seeing that the world and education has changed (especially in the areas of technology, privacy, etc), I thought it might be a good time to rewrite the post before the start of the 2018 school year. Yes, technology costs money. For this challenge, have a day without technology. The Marriage Between IT & Curriculum ] 1.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

Three years ago I shared with you what I was buying to boost our Makerspace area using four empty Library study carrels that no longer held desktop Macs. Our MHMS Makerspace How it works: Kids can come in before school, during lunch, or when they've finished their work to explore, craft, and create in the Library Media Center.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2018

In the last five years, there have been 21 pilots ranging from robotics programs to flexible learning environments to a take-home library program, with an even split between those that are tech-driven and not. Peskay points to the proliferation of ideas at schools as the program’s success.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

Our own Kristina Holzweiss shared the Wakelet on Wakelet she co-presented, as well as her blog post on library uses of the platform. And there was Google Tools You Aren’t Using, But Should be in Your Library with librarian friends James Allen, Sherry Gick, Nancy Jo Lambert, Nikki Robertson, and Tiffany Whitehead.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Using technology in schools is no longer just about preparing our students for college and career. Not only do they need the skills to navigate and utilize technology, but they need to understand how technology can connect them with people, places, and resources that were previously unreachable. It is good!

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Via Campus Technology : “Recipients of 2018 McGraw Prize in Education Revealed.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Edsurge writes about e-scooters , one of the “hot new trends” out of Silicon Valley, and how these companies are defying the rules of college campuses in order to build up a new customer base there. ” according to Donald Clark.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. published a new report which addresses latest trends in EdTech in the U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Library 2.014 on YouTube. The great majority of these events are free to attend. Those are merely tools.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting highly skilled professionals interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. We''ll focus on the awesome and inspiring ways teachers like you use technology and project-based learning to foster meaningful learning experiences.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. How does your library manage digital collections? How does your library manage digital collections?

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