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Parents Don't Need to Be Coding Experts, Just Willing to Learn With Their Children

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They were at a family coding event and had been working together to brainstorm an idea for a story, draw it on paper and try out different ways to recreate it using KIBO , a tangible robotics platform programmed using interlocking wooden blocks. He pressed the green triangle on top of the robot to run the program again.

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Sphero Makes a Big Acquisition in littleBits to Bring Hands-On STEAM Learning to Life

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Today, the robotic toymaker is following through by adding a big building block to its educational offerings. We are both pursuing the same goal,” says Sphero CEO Paul Berberian, which he describes as providing students with playful tools that nurture creativity as they learn to use and build with technology.

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KinderLab Robotics Announces New KIBO Guidebook to Enhance STEAM Education

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(Waltham, MA) August 28, 2018 – KinderLab Robotics today expanded its KIBO™ curriculum suite by introducing KIBO Activity Center Guidebook : Activities and Setup Recommendations for a KIBO Activity Center. This KIBO Activity Center Guidebook helps teachers create a robotics center. About KinderLab Robotics, Inc.

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Roombas, Refrigerators and Other Unexpected Tech That Teachers Actually Ask For

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It turns out the disc-shaped vacuum cleaner, which uses sensors to autonomously zip around homes is also a great tool to teach students about robotics and empathy. It all started with his students’ obsession with robots. His students acted like scientists, observing the robot in action in its natural habitat.

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FETC 2023: Networking, Learning, and Celebrating Education

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Wacom is the global leader in the pen display and tablet market for creative users. They are dedicated to the K-12 space and help educators and students use their tools in the arts, gaming, CTE, and more. ClassVR launched at the Bett Show in London in January 2017 and has become a highly awarded educational virtual reality solution.

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No Begging Required: Teachers Share 5 Creative Ways to Fund Classroom Technology

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She is not alone, as educators around the United States get ready to start the 2017-18 school year, supplies—particularly technology—can cost classrooms hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ellen Goodman Luckily for educators, there are ways to get tech tools into the classrooms that don’t involve panhandling. It was awesome and free!

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CES2017 Best of Show Tech Tools

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What older tools have you overlooked that are worth a second look? From VR devices to programming, and from creation apps to creativity tools, expect to see an evolution of the tools you already love and new technologies that will surely engage your students in this compilation of resources. What’s next in edtech?

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