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Author: Ross Smythe  The career landscape that today's students will find themselves in after graduation will, most likely, be unlike we've seen before. Because of this, traditional classroom lectures and usage of education technology in a mechanical manner will not be enough t to prepare students for unique, next-gen careers. Teachers, as well as parents, should keep the following pointers in mind in help our students prepare for the future:
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Author: Catelyn Cantrell  As a teacher-in-training, I’m starting to put together my own strategies for becoming a tech-savvy educator. Digital tools afford educators with chances to connect with new ideas and other teachers. These virtual connections yield new learning opportunities for students and exciting professional development opportunities for new teachers. In this post, I cover 6 ways that new teachers like myself can begin using technology tools.
Author: Ross Smythe  These days we are seeing an unfortunate increase in cyberbullying, with students using online chat rooms, mobile apps, email accounts and other technological resources to harass other children. Cyberbullying can have a serious detrimental effect on your child's well-being. The following tips will hopefully help you to protect your son or daughter from being bullied over the internet:
"Teachers Matter: Empowered Students Come from Empowered Teachers"  SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — April 22, 2014 -- Edward M. Fields, Silicon Valley CEO and Ed Tech Innovator, announced his new book today Teachers Matter: Empowered Students Come From Empowered Teachers. Teachers Matter: Empowered Students Come From Empowered Teachers will be available for purchase September 9th, 2014.
In conjunction with his new book, Teachers Matter : Empowered Students Come From Empowered Teachers, Edward M. Fields has also launched a new "Take the Pledge" campaign which can be found on TeachersMatter.com. By pledging, participants will tell our nations teachers how much they matter. Teq Rolls Outs Nine NAO Robots in New York City Schools to Engage Students in STEM Curriculum4/7/2014  Huntington Station, NY and New York City, April 7, 2014 --Teq, the educational technology and professional development company, today announced that it is rolling out nine NAO humanoid robots in classrooms in Brooklyn and at Icahn 4 Charter School in the Bronx. The schools are using the NAO robot to engage students in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) subjects, by providing them with hands-on experiences with the two-foot tall voice-activated NAO robot.
Author: Ross Smythe  Computers, tablets, and mobile devices - that’s about all we tend to think about during discussions on education technology. While these learning tools are yet to be available in several parts of the world - it’s high time that people started thinking beyond them, at least in the more advanced nations.
A laptop computer or an iPhone app for kids can only help young learners to a certain extent, but for holistic technology-based learning, more advanced, customized tools and gadgets are required. In this post I will cover my wishlist of ed-tech gizmos that would be incredibly helpful in this regard - but, unfortunately, do not yet exist:  Oakland, California – April 3, 2014 – Listen for Life™, a global nonprofit music-media organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of music culture worldwide, createdTravels With Music™ to introduce students to world cultures, using music as the gateway.
The multimedia program explores the richness and diversity of 15 world cultures – Bulgaria, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, the Philippines, Trinidad, and the USA – through the use of 300 video and audio segments that comprise six hours of classroom instruction. IDEAco and 3D Systems Team Up to Release Free 3D Printing Toolkit and Curriculum for Educators4/5/2014 Aligned with Common Core State Standards, the City X Project is a story-based workshop for 8-12 year-olds that teaches design thinking and 3D printing  After a year of testing the City X Project workshop in classrooms around the world, the nonprofit organization and creator of the program, IDEAco, along with Presenting Sponsor 3D Systems, have announced that a free City X Project toolkit for educators will be released on April 8th as a digital download. The toolkit will be available at cityxproject.com/toolkit.
Author: Ross Smythe  These days, the personnel from many leading academic institutions across the globe treat the availability of sophisticated education technology as an end in itself. What is not often taken into account is that these tools can turn counter-productive in the hands of students who, understandably, require guidance for using the tools in an optimal manner.
In this post, I will discuss some factors that both teachers and parents should keep in consideration, to prevent the available technological resources being misused, or worse, abused:  Budapest, HU: Today, the company behind the successful music video mixtape app Dragontape announces a new version of its video lesson creation platform Metta that makes it radically easier for educators to work with videos. Within minutes, teachers can set up their online courses and start assigning engaging video lessons. Metta lessons are basically remixes made out of online content where quizzes and polls are part of the mix.
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