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Report: Makerspaces, Coding, Robotics Pick Up Momentum in Schools
Once again this school year, schools will be ramping up robotics programs and opening more makerspaces, according to the latest report from the New Media Consortium and the Consortium for School Networking.
The organizations have released the annual “NMC/CoSN Horizon Report K–12 Education Edition” report to address new and emerging learning technologies used in schools around the world. Based on perspectives from more than 60 education researchers and experts, the 2017 report charts the five-year impact of these technologies worldwide, identifying six important developments for educational technology, six key trends in K–12 and six significant challenges.
