Edsurge
AUGUST 23, 2019
based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus to the education market following a foray into creating consumer toys. Today, the robotic toymaker is following through by adding a big building block to its educational offerings. When Sphero laid off 45 employees in early 2018, the Boulder, Co.-based
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2016
The results from those new Common Core tests – designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills – have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep-seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.
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EdTechTeacher
AUGUST 3, 2015
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 4, 2015
Students in many schools are now routinely engaged in constructing robotic-based equipment that works with devices like Raspberry Pi and, in so doing, are truly exemplifying what it means to be living as a creative 21 st century learner.
My Paperless Classroom
AUGUST 15, 2014
If you have not yet heard of Robot Turtles, it is a board game built around the fundamentals of computer programming by Dan Shapiro, formerly of Google and Microsoft, launched on Kickstarter last year. The response was amazing enough to convince the company Think Fun to help Dan deliver the game to a wider audience.
EdTechTeacher
MARCH 23, 2015
Game #4 – Sphero the Robot. Harry Moore School of NJCU recently received a grant from Sphero, a company that makes ball-size glowing robots that teachers can use to o teach literacy, coding, STEM. They smile, laugh, and applaud as the iPad visually prompts them to shake the robot so it will change color over and over again.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 17, 2014
Back Pack Games - A wonderful site filled w/ lots of educational games aligned to Common Core Standards in the subjects of Math & Science. Historia - An excellent History game designed for MS students aligned to Common Core Standards. ** If. - bullying, copy right, privacy, etc.). time, money, etc.)
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