Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

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. While you’re waiting, download the free software to your phone or laptop (or iPad).

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iPhone Software Robotics iPad 218

Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This is what we currently have in our lab now that we are 3 years into the program: Wonder Workshop Dash and Dot Robots. These are our "go to" robotics for elementary students. They work with 4 different apps- Wonder, Blockly, Go, Path.the various apps meet different levels of coding ability. Wonder Workshop Cue Robots.

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STEM Elementary Robotics Lenovo 62

My Paperless Classroom

JUNE 15, 2014

I want them to write blogs and play with robots. We will explore a sequence of programming tools and platforms from cup stacking, to robots. This workshop will get participants programming in as many platforms as we have time for and will focus on iPad based programming instruction. We will likely start on today’s meet.

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Robotics iPad STEM Learning 73

EdTechTeam

JANUARY 6, 2018

The biggest question I get after a workshop or training session is how did our iPad roll-out have so much success both in my classroom and for our school. Five years ago our 6th-grade team was asked to pilot a 1:1 iPad initiative. I was intrigued by its ability to control the iPads in the classroom and its already made lessons.

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Tools Robotics iPad Training 40

EdTechTeam

APRIL 21, 2017

Makerspaces play a great host to events such as parent coffee mornings, student conferences, parent teacher meetings, parent workshops and professional development session for educators. It is also quite rewarding to open the doors of your makerspace to fellow colleagues, parent community and other educators.

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Education Robotics Microsoft Student Engagement 94

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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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Teaming up with Skyview’s instructional technology facilitator and early-adopting teachers, Chun frequently demonstrates new tech tools at the school’s teacher-led professional development meetings. Other paths to tech know-how include a district’s office of information technology and workshops such as those hosted by Future Ready.

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