Competitive student robotics are back in business. On Saturday, Apr. 25, 2020, the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation will be broadcasting a fantasy robotics competition on YouTube. Competitors will be virtually generated using past match results from the VEX IQ Challenge Squared Away and VEX Robotics Competition Tower Takeover world championships, with the winners of the new tournament recognized during the "VEX Virtual Worlds Celebration."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/24/20
A Missouri college will shortly be running its first open esports tournament. That will take place online between May 1 and 3, 2020 and be hosted by Crowder College, a two-year community college serving nine counties in the state. The event will feature one-on-one competitions with Super Smash Brothers Ultimate on Nintendo Switch. The semi-finals and finals will be live-streamed on May 3.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/24/20
THE Journal is launching a new virtual event for education professionals, including information technology leaders, administrators, instructional technologists and educators themselves. The event is free to attend.
Make sure your district is covering the legal basics as you develop your remote instruction efforts.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/23/20
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has asserted that some companies are withholding free access service from families who have outstanding bills or other debt problems with the company.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/22/20
CrossBraining has launched an enhanced version of its program for experiential learning and assessment.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/21/20
A Tennessee school system has hired print management company that happens to be locally based to generate the hard-copy resources needed for at-home learning.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/21/20
Research from the NWEA has projected that current school closures could, indeed, result in major declines in student learning. The preliminary estimates found that math would take a bigger hit than reading, and that some students could return in the fall with less than 50 percent of the typical learning gains.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/21/20
The College Board has teamed up with Amazon Future Engineer to donate 4,000 laptop computers to students who want to access Advanced Placement Computer Science courses and can't because they lack a device at home to take the exams. Students receiving the donated laptops will get to keep them to support their educational journey beyond the COVID-19 outbreak.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/17/20
Nearly 90 companies and education technology organizations have joined a growing volunteer effort to help families and teachers affected by school closures.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/16/20