Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

They teach students how to think critically and solve evidence-based problems. Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. the Ergobot to teach both Forces & Motion and Programming & Robotics.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2017

We have 3d printing, robot making, and all kinds of building going on. These Wonder Workshop robots make it easy to learn to code in my STEM lab. I said, “Here are two robots, Dash and Dot, there are apps on the store you can use and there are a lot of attachments and cool things, go for it. Any elementary classroom.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 12, 2015

The youngest budding programmers will benefit most from iPad apps like ScratchJr , Kodable Class , and My Robot Friend. These apps take advantage of the iPad's tactile qualities by using drag-and-drop mechanisms to teach sequencing as well as simple loops and functions. Click Here for Our Full List of Elementary Coding Tools

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Fractus Learning

JULY 14, 2021

What to Look for in STEM Toys Engineering Toys Compared Best Engineering Kits For Kids Reviewed Building Sets Circuits and Electronic Games Robot Toys. An engineering kit can be a construction set, a video game, a board game, a robot kit with coding ideas, a physics activity, or a science kit. Adult Supervision.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 9, 2015

I have been asked to return to teach summer enrichment classes on maker education for elementary-aged learners at a local school during the summer of 2016. The description is: Learn how to code first by playing games and then by coding some bots including Sphero, OZOBOT, and Dash and Dot. Robot Turtles Game.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. Leah: Well, I think that both of them — and really any technology that I would use — there is that beginning time period where it’s like sandbox time where they’re just learning how to use it. Leah: We do.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Naper Elementary School students could be the envy of their peers when it comes to a labyrinth for testing their robotic skills. Like many local elementary schools, Naperville acquired the robotic balls to teach the basic concepts of computer coding. Luke was looking forward to having a maze at his school.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2017

Encourage Resilience “When I'm making things—such as robotic mechanisms with children in classrooms—I often hear one or more call out, ‘I need help’ before they've taken the time to think the problem through,” says Kaun. Kaun enlisted robotics coaches from RoboFun, which trains educators and runs programs for students. “We

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Coral Zayas Coral Zayas is the new elementary instructional support specialist for science in Crowley ISD’s iNetwork of schools. Amanda’s team developed a capstone project for elementary students: AI and Machine Learning for 5th Graders. Not every school has a Mac or iPad for every student. We don't have to build a robot.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2017

Encourage Resilience “When I'm making things—such as robotic mechanisms with children in classrooms—I often hear one or more call out, ‘I need help’ before they've taken the time to think the problem through,” says Kaun. Kaun enlisted robotics coaches from RoboFun, which trains educators and runs programs for students. “We

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 10, 2016

Vancouver Public Schools hosted a Girls Lead the Way summer robotics camp at McLoughlin Middle School. The camp, which has been open to middle school girls free of charge for the past six years, introduces students to robotics and coding and aims to curb the gender gap in STEM careers by building and maintaining interest at this critical age.

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My Paperless Classroom

MAY 29, 2014

We are in our second year of a 1:2 iPad program in the middle school, this is our first year of having a cart of iPads available for elementary, and this is our last year of having 2 labs of PC''s for the students to use, next year we will only have one lab. My first graders program a robot to fly to the planets in order.

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My Paperless Classroom

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

It''s that parents of elementary students are looking for someone to talk to about iPads, phones, tablets, and how their kids are using them. As I was preparing to present to the parents, I created a small slide deck, grabbed a robot, and headed over to the elementary school.

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My Paperless Classroom

JUNE 15, 2014

I want them to write blogs and play with robots. Conferences and Topics June 11 SF Google Summit San Francisco Blogger for Elementary Ed – Setting up a private class blog with blogger can make it safe and easy to share work from your class or school with subscribed readers. Participants will design a robot supported lesson.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 23, 2015

At Dayton Hall Elementary School in Charleston, South Carolina, kindergarten teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator, Kristi Meeuwse, chose to pilot Tangible Play by Osmo because it is hands on and manipulative in nature. Game #4 – Sphero the Robot. The faculty at the A.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 10, 2015

It’s that parents of elementary students are looking for someone to talk to about iPads, phones, tablets, and how their kids are using them. As I was preparing to present to the parents, I created a small slide deck, grabbed a robot, and headed over to the elementary school.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Price: Free; Platform: Web, Chrome, iPad; Grades: 4–12. Price: $9.99; Platform: iPad; Grades: 4-9. They can browse through posted projects or templates for ideas of what's possible or watch how-to videos. Price: $2.99; Platform: iPad; Grades: 4-8. Price: $13.99; Platform: iPad; Grades: 6–12.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 18, 2018

Until this parent shared not only his vision but created funding opportunities, I just dreamed about integrating coding, robotics, circuitry, etc into our curriculum- the funding just wasn't there. We are programming robots and concepts, making green screen productions and showing our elementary students how to make websites.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

From the experiences we provide (iPads, cutting-edge digital library, nationally-ranked Robotics program) to the inter-district professional learning we support (top-ranked VrainWaves podcast), at the core of our program is a belief in technology as a catalyst for learning at all levels. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

Bethel Elementary School students get a break from reading and math lessons with an engineering activity during summer school in Simpsonville, S.C. About a dozen fourth and fifth grade students sat at scattered tables in Bethel Elementary School’s media center, trying to build bridges out of toothpicks and tape. SIMPSONVILLE, S.C.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 8, 2018

These little ball robots have opened up so many possibilities. And the beauty is you can use this little robot in any lesson, in any subject, and with any age. Our thought was to use the robot to create recycling videos for our school. It was amazing how swiftly my students learned the basics of coding.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

There are endless examples, from games to robots to programming. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help. Let students scan these with their iPads or another digital device to find out more about their new classmates. Add QR codes to homework sheets that link to help.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Below is a machine-generated transcript of the interview: 00:00:20 Speaker 1 Because nobody goes to learn how to be a computer science teacher and then goes to to, to, to elementary schools. 00:01:02 Speaker 1 On their phone, on their computer, on their iPad. So we look at how many hours did they complete missions.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

There has been a lot of discussion about screen time, iPad usage, traditional versus new teaching strategies. The debate really centers around the how and why implementing technology can help our students. How do we use, integrate, and engage learning with the newest technology?

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

A perfect example of the device-before-pedagogy practice is the now-infamous 2011 Los Angeles Unified School District edtech initiative, which involved the purchase of more than 100,000 iPads for its classrooms to the tune of $500 million without any return on investment in terms of student outcomes. Individuals have belief systems.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 9, 2019

Bonner Elementary in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. 27:39] – Kasey explains how to apply to be a student guest on the podcast in a future episode: fill out the application here ! [28:02] Bonner Elementary. How often do you get to use technology in your classes? Dash Robots. This is it! Click To Tweet.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 11, 2015

As part of the makerspace, they obtained a handful of iPads, and Ross took the lead in loading the devices with apps. So far, it has been interesting to see how the students embrace the technology and are able to literally teach themselves how to use the devices and the apps without much teacher/administrator involvement.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

My name is Andy Plemmons, school library media specialist at David C Barrow Elementary in Athens GA @barrowmediacenter I will take over the DOE account this week. Here a student shows off his robot that he built and programmed for the technology fair. Now they are using Puppet Pals on iPad to record videos and share.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

That could be giving social-studies students a tutorial on research skills; showing a French class how to make stop-action animation, short videos, or websites for presentations on Francophone countries; or helping a math teacher free up class time by creating sharable videos of introductory explanations and sample problems for students.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Last year, we tried just letting students decide what they wanted to do, but we found that most of them were either unsure of what to try or all wanted to try something different and didn’t know how to start. I love hearing how the elementary students and college students talk to one another.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 18, 2018

The purists feel that students are too deeply rooted in technology and do not know how to use or read results on a basic tool, such as a thermometer or pH paper. The belief is that students must learn how to master the basic tools before they can move on to the digital tools, which theoretically do most of the work for the user.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

APRIL 3, 2015

We are on a field trip with @plemmonsa and his students from Barrow Elementary School. Students connected Spheros to iPads through bluetooth, setup a wireless network with the Justin & Greg from Flipgrid, and made a playable piano with Playdoh and MaKey MaKey. pic.twitter.com/9HOoz5tms2. — Flipgrid (@flipgrid) April 2, 2015.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Cleveland successfully secured funding to expand to these 25 elementary schools, bringing Hazel services to more than 25,000 additional students in the district. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Get ideas on how to participate! Monday, October 27th at 4pm Webinar: Biggest 1:1 iPad Rollout Ever: Challenges and Opportunities , In our community’s next webinar, hear about LAUSD’s Common Core Technology Project: the largest one-to-one mobile device rollout in the country. More information.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 21, 2015

We have a 1:1 iPad environment from k-8. We also have Chromebooks, projectors, robots, etc. Do you know that I have never provided my staff with professional development to learn how to use this technology? I didn’t even ask them how proficient they were at using technology when I hired them. We design for learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As an elementary educator for most of my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with a variety of learners—from inner-city students in North Carolina to university-level students in Chicago—but I found my true calling as the librarian at Hubbard Woods Elementary in Winnetka, Illinois. Create a dream binder.

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