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Looking for a Class Robot? Try Robo Wunderkind

Ask a Tech Teacher

There are a lot of options if you want to bring programmable robots to your classroom. It is a build-a-robot kit designed to introduce children ages six and up to coding and robotics as well as the fun of problem-solving and creative thinking. If I were to rate myself with robotics, I might be closer to a 5 than a 10.

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Websites and Apps to Support Hour of Code

Ask a Tech Teacher

Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free. Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. See if some of them work for you: Websites. Learn to code.

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The Best Engineering Toys For Kids

Fractus Learning

What to Look for in STEM Toys Engineering Toys Compared Best Engineering Kits For Kids Reviewed Building Sets Circuits and Electronic Games Robot Toys. The best engineering toys for kids are STEM toys that blend learning engineering concepts, having fun, and combining kit pieces to create exciting engineering projects.

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How to use Sphero the Robot in STEM and Beyond – From Courtney Pepe

EdTechTeacher

As someone who primarily taught math and science when I was a classroom teacher, I associated robots, robotics curriculum, and robot apps as things that were only used in those subjects. However, this past year my school received a robot grant that provided ten robots for us from the company Sphero.

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Trashbots: How Some Students Are Helping Educate the World in Robotics

techlearning

This post is about a pair of brothers and their inspiration approach to educating the world in the realm of robotics using a low-cost way that “up-cycles” existing everyday materials to build their creations. STEM kits have been seen as a solution, but have limited impact because they require major infrastructure, and are expensive.

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6 Super Science Edtech Ideas: Using Technology to Level Up Science Classrooms

The CoolCatTeacher

So we use the Paper 53 app on our iPads. Like our mobile devices, especially in science, is using that camera feature and having the students like capture a photo and annotate over the top of it. Use the camera feature on any mobile device. Now, do you use robots? What about robotics? So that’s my Go To robot.

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This Former Learner Is Now a Leader Driving Tech Integration at Her Alma Mater

Edsurge

They were also the first Catholic school in the country accredited as a STEM school by AdvancED. The school’s one-to-one iPad program gives every student a sixth-generation iPad and every teacher a MacBook Air laptop and iPad Pro device. We handle everything from the Wi-Fi and projector issues to using AirPlay on an iPad.

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