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Education technology meets its limits

TechCrunch LA

This week has been a good one for those who like to talk about the limits of technology. Over in the UK, a prankster managed to fool Trip Advisor into naming his shed the #1 ranked restaurant in London. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, a city struggling to manage several wind-fueled wildfires, the L.A.P.D.

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Ozobot Opens Preorders For Educational Robot

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Redondo Beach-based Ozobot , a developer of minature, educational robots, said this morning that it has begun pre-orders of its product. Ozobot said its robot is aimed at teaching kids about robots, and also teaches them basic and advanced programming skills, coding, robotic behavior, and deductive reasoning. READ MORE>>.

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Why Technology Alone Won’t Fix Education

Xconomy

“ Artificial intelligence will transform the education system.” “ Immersive technology will reshape learning forever.” These are just some of the industry rumblings about how edtech will disrupt and ultimately “fix” what’s wrong with the education system in the United States.

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Internet of Elephants launches Wildeverse, an AR game about endangered animals and conservation

TechCrunch LA

Though the game was intended to be played outdoors, the COVID-19 crisis forced the team to pivot, creating an option that lets people move about virtually using in-game controls, or walk around in more confined spaces. Finally there’s an educational element to the game. The game developers tracked several families of monkeys .

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WemoLab Launches Tablet App Around Ocean Education

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WemoLab, which is led by Neville Spiteri, has been developing an extensive, educational platform focused on teaching kids about the oceans. learning education ocean applicaiton tablet wemolab superfugu' READ MORE>>.

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GIBLIB Makes Surgical Education Easier Than Ever

Tech.Co

Did you know that approximately 4,000 preventable mistakes occur in surgery every year, resulting in about $1.3 Like almost everything in society, a lack of education is the root cause of these mistakes. “I think it’s a difficult thing for clinicians to talk about, but it is something that must be improved.”

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STEAM Carnival's Education Combines Robots, Lasers, Cotton Candy

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What do you get when you cross science and technology education with a carnival? In the case of a new effort by Two Bit Circus, the think tank of Brent Bushnell, you get the STEAM Carnival , a traveling, high-tech project aimed at using "robotics, lasers, acrobatics, and cotton candy" to rethink STEM education. READ MORE>>.

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