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

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Wonder Workshop is dashing towards new markets, especially China. 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. By the end of 2015, 1,500 schools, mostly American, had adopted it.

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Matching funds pair robots, underserved classrooms

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Dollar-for-dollar match brings robots to classrooms teaching computational thinking. Wonder Workshop aims to bridge this gap with its dollar-for-dollar match program for Dash & Dot projects through DonorsChoose.org. Dash & Dot are robots with personality and capability.

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. Digital Promise will award up to ten school or district leaders who submit a response by March 27 with a $1,000 stipend for a trip to San Francisco, including workshops with leading software companies, in partnership with the Education Technology Industry Network. " Aileen Owens. ” Larry White.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Amesse Elementary. REPRESENTATION: SEEING PEOPLE LIKE ME SUCCEEDING IN STEM ChickTech January 2018 Kickoff, Java Workshop, Grades 9–12. For ChickTech, that means intentionally targeting a diverse demographic for participation in their year-long program of workshops and activities.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Integrating Coding with SpheroEdu

EdTechTeam

These little ball robots have opened up so many possibilities. And the beauty is you can use this little robot in any lesson, in any subject, and with any age. For me, it all started in 2015 when I asked for a Sphero to use with my after-school Environmental Club. Students then coded the robot through their challenges.

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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. elementary schools are using Epic!, elementary schools and in schools around the world where kids use it to learn English and improve their reading skills. My son Max is an avid fan, using the robots at home and in school.