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6 tools to help kids learn coding and robotics

eSchool News

Introducing students to coding and robotics gives them early exposure to STEM in general. Aside from the cool factor K-12 coding and robotics offers, students will learn a number of skills they’ll take with them well into adulthood, including creativity, problem solving, and the ability to fail without quitting.

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3 Fun Tech Classroom Projects for Summer

Ask a Tech Teacher

These apps come in all shapes and sizes, catering to various subjects including math, language arts, science, and social studies. This app introduces young kids to the concepts of coding and problem solving in a playful setting by guiding a robot through increasingly challenging puzzles. Another fantastic example is Lightbot.

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ISTE23 Redux—First Takeaways

eSchool News

I’m still digesting all the conversations, sessions, events, and walkabouts from this year’s ISTE in Philadelphia (not to mention the July 4th barbecue in between!) state standards in science, social studies and English Language Arts. After a two-year pandemic hiatus, robots are back for in-person collaboration.

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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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5 Ways to Prepare Every Student for the STEM Economy

Edsurge

Studies show that early exposure to science, technology, engineering and math provides students with the foundation necessary to partake in an increased number of STEM careers. However, many schools struggle to offer hands-on learning opportunities, such as robotics programs, because they lack funding, coaches and other forms of support.

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How AI is changing special education

Neo LMS

This brings us to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the novel ways in which responsive, social robots have started playing a role in teaching ASD children social skills. The study demonstrated the potential to teach children with autism about body parts and appropriate physical interaction. Here are a few examples: Kaspar.

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Parents Don't Need to Be Coding Experts, Just Willing to Learn With Their Children

Edsurge

They were at a family coding event and had been working together to brainstorm an idea for a story, draw it on paper and try out different ways to recreate it using KIBO , a tangible robotics platform programmed using interlocking wooden blocks. Michael called over the event facilitator, eager to showcase their creation.

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