Tech's battle for the classroom
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Jane Wakefield checks out the latest educational tech at the Bett 2020 show in London and talks to Apple and Google about how they think technology can prepare students for the jobs of tomorrow. Plus she finds out what role robots can play in teaching. And is always-connected technology making you stressed and burnt-out? If so, we hear some tips that might help. With BBC tech reporter Chris Fox. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: Jane Wakefield with the Ohbot robot head, Credit: BBC).
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| 0:04.7 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
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| 0:40.0 | Hello and welcome to TechTent with me, Jane Wakefield. |
| 0:43.6 | Today we have a patch show looking at the role tech can play in the future of education, |
| 0:48.4 | but also considering whether we are becoming over-reliant on it in our working lives. |
| 0:53.6 | We'll hear from Apple and Google on their battle for the classroom |
| 0:56.7 | and we'll find out what role robots might have in teaching the skills needed for the jobs of tomorrow. |
| 1:03.2 | And joining me to Marl these weighty topics and lots more is my colleague Chris Fox. |
| 1:08.3 | Hi Chris. |
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| 1:11.8 | speakers are a bit angry at the company this week. Here's a taste of what's to come. |
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