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How K–12 Classrooms Can Benefit from Robotics

EdTech Magazine

How K–12 Classrooms Can Benefit from Robotics. Cracking the K–12 connection code requires a new approach, one that combines active-learning pedagogy with robotics in the classroom to deliver an interactive, immersive learning experience. . MORE FROM EDTECH: See how education robotics companies are invigorating K–12 learning.

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Drones Take Flight as Latest K–12 Learning Tool

EdTech Magazine

Sergio Flores, the school’s competitive engineering coach, signed up his school and joined five other schools in the area to compete in this 2018 event sponsored by Bell Helicopter, an aircraft manufacturer whose headquarters are in Fort Worth. It was up to the team to figure out the best design for each of the competition’s events. .

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Rocket Mortgage Classic: Students Use Ed Tech to Further Their STEM Education

EdTech Magazine

While professional golfers drove their way down the green at the PGA Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, shouts from excited students could be heard coming from a large white tent where kids were hard at work building miniature robotic Lego golfers. Students Build and Program Robots in Problem-Solving Challenge. The caveat?

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ISTE 2019: Everything You Need to Know Before the First Day

EdTech Magazine

As suggested by the event’s theme, Bold Educators Activate Change , this event is about actively introducing educational technology in the classroom. . Follow EdTech on Twitter as well as the event hashtag, #ISTE19 , to stay up to date. by Marquita Brown. Marquita Brown is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K-12.

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K–12 Districts Prepare Students for Careers in the Tech-Dominated Economy

EdTech Magazine

We also have events and clubs aimed at building student interest and skills.”. Events like the district’s Tournament of Technology generate enthusiasm, while students get hands-on experience in applied technology, Madden says. Start small with a robotics competition or a club,” he says.

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Review: LittleBit’s Code Kit Makes Programming Fun

EdTech Magazine

Now, more teachers are finding creative ways to integrate coding into their curriculum, whether it’s in after-school programs, lunchtime clubs or through the Hour of Code , an annual international event. MORE FROM EDTECH: How teachers can integrate robotics and coding into their classrooms. by Buzz Garwood.

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The Education of an Android Teacher

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She’s the namesake of Maria, a destructive robot character from the 1927 silent film “Metropolis.” And when she does, the professor requests that they not ask her the question that springs so easily to people’s minds when they encounter a robot: Will you take over the world? I am told I am a robot for good every day.

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