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How robotic gamification helped my elementary students love STEM

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Through the CoderZ Robotics curriculum, kids learn to create, manage, and communicate with cyber robots in a virtual setting by inputting code. Learning is more accessible because virtual robots do not require hardware, space, or other associated costs. Disco Blocks – Students had to get their robot to a target.

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How robots and our school’s buddy program bring computer science to life

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Coding and robots are both natural tools for encouraging collaboration in the classroom. From Reading to Robotics Recently, our PreK through Grade 12 independent school has been working to include more computer science opportunities across all grade levels. Because we have 10 robots, the classes had to take turns.

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Hour of Code Dec. 5th-11th

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Set aside December 5-11th, 2022 for the hugely-popular Hour of code. Looking for a Class Robot? Root Robotics–Great Way to Extend Hour of Code. This is a week of activities dedicated to inspiring kids to learn/love coding. This year: 1,536,702,210 will participate. 180+ countries. 44,941 events . What is it. Build Your Own Apps.

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Meet Buddy, The AI Robot Helping Teach

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Buddy is an AI robot that can teach students and help communication and more, shown off at Bett 2022.

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SESI Kids Win Big! SESI Crixas TEAM from Brazil Are CoderZ League Champions in the Global Virtual Coding & Robotics Competition

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23, 2022 – SESI, Brazil’s Social Service of Industry (SESI), had a vision: To equip the kids in their network of more than 400 schools in all 27 states with the technological skills, knowledge, and tools to become the leaders of tomorrow—the era of Industry 4.0. It’s like winning the World Cup, but for robotics! DERRY, N.H – Feb.

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10 Unusual Hour of Code Projects

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December 5th, 2022, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one-hour introduction to coding, programming, and why students should love it. Human robot. Human Robot. Programming a human robot is an unplugged approach to coding that is also a great way to teach sequencing–a critical skill for coding.

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CoderZ Names Tony Oran as Chief Executive Officer

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CoderZ , the award-winning, gamified, cloud-based robotics and STEM platform, has announced that Tony Oran is joining the company as its CEO in the USA. In 2022, he joined the board of the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers, a network of higher education resources connecting industry, education, and government.

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