Meet the maker: High school student develops robot guide dogs

Meet the maker: High school student develops robot guide dogs

This story originally appeared on NVIDIA’s blog and is reposted here with permission. High school student Selin Alara Ornek is looking ahead–using machine learning and the NVIDIA Jetson platform for edge AI and robotics to create robot guide dogs for the visually impaired. The project, called IC4U, is one of seven robots Ornek has created to date, including…

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3 online resources to encourage student career planning

3 online resources to encourage student career planning

Key points: Career planning can seem daunting to students 5 steps to boost CTE programs and fill workforce pipelines iConcerns mount as high school graduates express career uncertainty For more news on career readiness, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub For the last three years, I have worked as a digital integration specialist for Anderson School…

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Ed Tech Digest

Ed Tech Digest

  Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in checking…

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On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on August 8, 2022 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! I probably shouldn’t admit this, but when I was just beginning my teaching career, I had one clear goal on the first day of class: scare the living…

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