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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

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EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of Latino educators and an edtech leader: Is educational technology serving the Latino community, particularly its students? Holding the Door Open for Young Latinos Cindy Noriega is a third-year mathematics and computer science teacher in the Los Angeles area.

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Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

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PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment) now compares the global competence and collaborative problem-solving skills of students from different countries along with more traditional scores for reading, math, and science. She leverages social media and blogging to reflect on what works and shares her insights with colleagues.

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Why Education Is a ‘Wicked Problem’ for Learning Engineers to Solve

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Ashok Goel has a vision for the future of education. The professor of computer science and cognitive science at Georgia Institute of Technology believes every student and researcher should have access to artificially intelligent assistants that not only help them study facts and figures, but also collaborate more closely with other humans.