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Enlighten assistants don’t work for children: The announce with speech recognition within the faculty room
Dr. Patricia Scanlon Contributor Dr. Patricia Scanlon is founder and CEO of SoapBox Labs, a Dublin-based developer of safe and secure speech-recognition technology designed specifically for children. She was named one of Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech in 2018. Before the pandemic, more than 40% of new internet users were children. Estimates now suggest…
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Reuters to host Twitter chat on COVID-19 and the research room
On Wednesday, Reuters will host a Twitter chat to discuss back-to-school plans in a pandemic, featuring K-12 education experts from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Penn State, New York University and Bank Street College, along with leading education organizations. Guests will include: A view shows desks in a classroom ready for pupils…
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Skewed Grading Algorithms Gas Backlash Beyond the Lecture room
London has seen many protests in its 2,000 years, but a chant that rang out in front of the Department for Education this past Sunday was likely a first. “Fuck the algorithm,” yelled a crowd of impassioned teens, many of them masked against a pandemic virus.The crowd was protesting the statistical calculus that assigned final…