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Kanopy Enhances Kanopy Kids with Short Films from Sesame Workshop and Highlights

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To help facilitate collaboration between public libraries and the communities they serve, Kanopy is adding a dozen Spanish-language videos from Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, and 30 films from Highlights to Kanopy Kids. About Sesame Workshop. About Highlights.

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Acer Announces Alliance With Wonder Workshop

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Acer America today announced an alliance with Wonder Workshop to deliver STEAM bundles in the United States that teach K-8 students coding, robotics and computer science as part of their STEAM initiatives. Prices start at $895.

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Wonder Workshop’s Amazing Dash

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One I discovered this summer is Wonder Workshop’s collection of three robots — Cue, Dash, and Dot. Before I dig into Dash, let me tell you about his creator, Wonder Workshop. What is Wonder Workshop? According to Wonder Workshop, Dash is. It all depends upon what its child handler wants it to do.

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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. Students use an iOS or Android app to code commands for the robots. Wonder Workshop claims that more than 4,000 elementary schools in the US and 2,000 across the rest of the world have incorporated Dash and Dot into their curricula already.

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Best Navigation Apps for People with Visual Impairment

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Compatibility: iPhone/iPad and Android / Price: Free / Age: 4+ 3. The app is linked to a web platform where the institutions are able to show important information about events, courses, workshops, and any data that a blind person may need. Compatibility: iPhone/iPad and Android / Price: Free / Age: 17+ 5.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Sesame Workshop, Reach Capital Form Partnership; Brainly Raises $15M

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In recent dealmaking news, Sesame Workshop and Reach Capital unveiled a new partnership to support start-ups. Sesame Workshop Partners with Reach Capital: Sesame Workshop, through its Sesame Ventures investment arm, and Palo Alto, Calif. Reach Capital is a $53 million venture fund founded in 2015 that backs ed-tech startups.

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Websites and Apps to Support Hour of Code

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App Inventor –build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Build an app/game. Apps Geyser. Game Salad. Code Curriculum. C-STEM Studio –download to teach computers, science, technology, engineering and math with robotics.

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