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How to use Sphero the Robot in STEM and Beyond – From Courtney Pepe

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As someone who primarily taught math and science when I was a classroom teacher, I associated robots, robotics curriculum, and robot apps as things that were only used in those subjects. However, this past year my school received a robot grant that provided ten robots for us from the company Sphero.

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Integrating Coding and Robotics into the Classroom

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Coding and robotics programs in classrooms reflect how integral technology is in our lives. In a recent edWebinar , Kalthoff and Bartel explain that they want to coach students and not just tell them what button to push or the correct sequences to move a robot across a mat. Start Small. A Place for Everything. Money Trouble.

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Driving Questions Part 1: Building Student Inquiry in Project Based Learning and STEM

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to this first post in a series that promotes student inquiry in PBL and STEM. This series is dedicated to helping educators create a student-centered Driving or Investigative Question… which is so important in STEM and PBL. If you happen to be at the conference please stop by and say hello. Mike Gorman ( [link] / ).

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Creative Coding and Robots in the Classroom

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Teachers do not need computer science degrees to engage, enhance and extend student coding experiences due to the abundance of easily accessible creative coding and robotics programs. Dash and Dot are programmable robots that target students in grades K-8 with progression apps that are customizable for optimal learning in the classroom.

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Part 2: A Goldmine For Computational Thinking: Over 50 Resources To Teach CT Across The Curriculum

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and Deeper Learning. Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic, practical, and purposeful professional development. Articles, Inormation, Ideas. Have a great week! Mike ( [link].

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Fields of Opportunity: Cultivating Youth Development and Online Access

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This article explores the impactful initiatives undertaken by 4-H , an organization supported by Endless Network. Additionally, we've expanded into science, technology and engineering with prominent programs in robotics and entrepreneurship. Our goal is to spark young people's interest and excitement in various content areas.

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All the Upgrades and Updates From Apple, Google and More at ISTE 2018

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Earlier this week more than 18,000 attendees from 87 countries gathered in Chicago for ISTE, one of the largest K-12 education technology conferences and trade shows in the world. UBTECH Robotics introduces a new robotics kit and curriculum, UKIT, and Yanshee, a robot with an AI interface with a programmable Raspberry Pi.

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