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Robot Maker Wonder Workshop Raises a $20M Series B to Expand Internationally

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The company’s flagship products are two round blue robots aimed at introducing students six to 12 to computational thinking. Students use an iOS or Android app to code commands for the robots. The numbers speak to rapid growth: Wonder Workshop founder and CEO Vikas Gupta said that no schools were using Dash and Dot in early 2015.

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FETC 2023: Networking, Learning, and Celebrating Education

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She was attending MakerFaireNY in 2015 and needed to come up with a project. I had a chance to talk with Jason Innes, the Director of Curriculum, Training, and Management for KinderLab Robotics. KinderLab Robotics is dedicated to universal STEAM literacy. Their programs have been downloaded millions of times.

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#EdTechTidBIts of the Week (April 21, 2015)

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Here's your #EdTechTidBits for the week of April 21, 2015. I found two new apps, a Disney article, a robotics competition to the moon, and a repository of maker projects! TinkerPlay lets you 3D design your own moveable action figures and then you can download the files and print it on a 3D printer.

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The Unexpected Benefit of Differentiation? Student Happiness

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I'm getting Blue-Bot robots this year, so we can do coding in first grade! Download: Building a Happier Classroom. Since we started differentiating with eSpark, our 2015-2016 annual NWEA state assessment gains were terrific. I learn a lot about each student. We have physical movement twice a day. Additional Resources.

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ProfHacker 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

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Team put up a fight, but my favorite album of 2015 comes instead from Public Service Broadcasting. So after hunting around and doing comparison reviews I purchased the 2015 Roku 2 , which is standalone, plugs into Ethernet connections and is service agnostic, which I really appreciate. But you still have to be careful.

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Students Invited to Take a Peek into the Future of Mobility

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Students will see how TRI is using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics to develop smarter automated vehicles. To assist teachers, an educator guide for the Virtual Field Trip is available for download. Eastern Time How: Register by clicking here or visit [link] and download materials. 30 at 1:00 p.m.

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An Epic! Take on the Future of Reading in Classrooms Around the World

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The startup has raised about $13 million in funding, closing $8 million in Series B in December 2015. One of the companies I invested in is Wonder Workshop, makers of Dash and Dot robots, that teaches kids programming. My son Max is an avid fan, using the robots at home and in school. One of the reasons I started Epic!