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Why Robotics Benefits Early Education

EdNews Daily

The rampant digitalization of our society has touched and fundamentally altered all domains of our lives, including education. 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.

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How robotic gamification helped my elementary students love STEM

eSchool News

Educators have found a solution to this problem: gamification. 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.

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Robotics and Computer Science for Elementary Level Learners

User Generated Education

I absolutely love all of the new robotics toys that have been coming out for elementary age learners. I have been using them for my summer maker camp, with my gifted education classes, and for my upcoming Saturday morning program. One of my gifted girls noted, “Where do all of these robots come from?” Jimu Robot.

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3D printing, drones, and AI — The future of STEM education?

Neo LMS

STEM education is an interdisciplinary and practical teaching method of four specific disciplines: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In a nutshell, it is an innovative way of educating the engineers of tomorrow that boosts the ability to tackle practical problems of everyday life, as well as hard-core engineering.

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5 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities

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Detailed directions, project guides, educational resources, and videos can be found online in the Ward’s Science database. Thinkersmith’s Unplugged Hour of Code Activity Ages 4-7 My Robotic Friends is a one-hour introductory non-computer activity where students learn to program a human robot.

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Why Educators Should Lean in to AI to Better Support Students

Edsurge

Plato once quoted Socrates lamenting that, “If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written.”1 We had been here before in the ’90s when we were all but certain that internet search engines had entirely ruined higher education.

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6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities

Ask a Tech Teacher

Detailed directions, project guides, educational resources, and videos can be found online in the Ward’s Science database. My Robotic Friends is a one-hour introductory non-computer activity where students learn to program a human robot. Looking for a Class Robot? Root Robotics–Great Way to Extend Hour of Code.

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