Deb Norton Tech

Greetings educator friends and colleagues. I hope your week went well. Here are a few interesting finds from this week. #1 Have you notices the number of fast food restaurants that have "We're Hiring" signs? Check out this robotic solution! Meet Flippy. It's the world's first AI kitchen assistant,  a robotic and autonomous smart-kitchen solution created by Miso Robotics,  made for quick-service restaurants (QSRs) across the world.  Speaking of robots, have you heard of "soft robots"? They can handle things more gently than a regular robot. Check out this article .  #2 If you are using Go Guardian Teacher a new feature is now available to allow for different scenes for different groups of students or individuals.  Scenes + Student Groups #3 Betsy from " Now Spark Creativity " shared a slide deck for Gratitude Poetry Tiles . I love this for when students need a relaxing and creative activity.  #4 My college sons introduced me to the site, " ...

It has been a week filled with great technology learning moments. I attended the Amplify CollaborateIT conference on Tuesday. Here are some of the incredible takeaways from the keynote speaker, John McElligott who talked about Embracing Disruption . John works at York Exponential in Pennsylvania. He spoke about Robotics ,  Humanized Computing and mind controlled bionic arms OH MY!  To say the least, I was in my techy element. This week I listened to this podcast - Is Facebook Spying on You? Have you experienced talking about a product and then having it appear on your Facebook Ads? This book was recommended to me and I’m going to start reading it over Thanksgiving break. It’s about coping with the exponential increase in computing power. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. A friend made me a turkey placeholder like this one .  Simple and fun!