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Why Robotics Benefits Early Education

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One of these new developments is the increased use of robots in everyday life––from vending machines to your automatic vacuum cleaner, all the way through to artificial intelligence and heavy machinery. But the field of robotics has more benefits for children than just teaching them about robots. .

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6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities

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This includes (links won’t work until the articles are posted) : An Overview of This Week. With this relatively inexpensive kit, a wide age range of students learn about seemingly complicated topics such as insulators, conductors, resistance, and parallel and series circuits. Looking for a Class Robot? Ages 12-17.

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15 Unusual Projects for Hour of Code

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This includes (links won’t work until the articles are posted) : Hour of Code? Human robot. Here are some of my favorite unplugged activities: 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. 15 Unusual Projects.

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6 Unplugged Activities for Hour of Code

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This includes (links won’t work until the articles are posted) : Hour of Code? With this relatively inexpensive kit, a wide age range of students learn about seemingly complicated topics such as insulators, conductors, resistance, and parallel and series circuits. Looking for a Class Robot? They’re actually fun.

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5 Resources to Find Tons of Free Fun Unplugged Coding Activities!

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Find more reasons to introduce students to coding in this article, Why Kids Should Learn To Code (And How To Get Them Started). If you don’t have access to computers, don’t worry because there are several unplugged ways to get students to learn about the technology they use daily. Find the complete lesson plan here.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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In the late 1960s, Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon posed the following thought exercise: Imagine you are an alien from Mars visiting a college on Earth, and you spend a day observing how professors teach their students. Even so, we’re still a long way from having a mature practice of learning engineering in place.

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20 Best Learning Apps for Kids

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Mobile apps have made it super easy for kids to learn in fun and engaging ways, anywhere anytime. There are tons of learning apps for kids out there and the choices can sometimes be confusing. However, one of the effective ways to select a learning app for your kids is by considering their learning interests and needs.

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