Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. C-STEM Studio –download to teach computers, science, technology, engineering and math with robotics. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free. Code Academy.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

iPads, laptops, robotics, Hokki Stools, books, construction paper, art easels, rugs, tables, shelving, Crayolas of every kind… the list could go on and on. Since that time, I have had over 100 projects funded, totaling over $25,000 worth of materials for my students.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Whether your students design robots with PenPals in Asia, write poetry with PenPals in Europe, or create environmental solutions with PenPals in Africa. Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have done 100’s of workshops and presentations.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Sixth-grade students at Lighthouse Community Charter in Oakland, California, eagerly pull laptops off a cart and settle down with a partner to experiment with Turtle Art , a program meant to introduce them to the basics of programming and some math concepts. Six years ago, Vanderwerff was the robotics class teacher.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 15, 2015

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. One must remember that John Dewey was an advocate of projects long before the laptop computer, or even mainframe. Check out my Booking Page.

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Learning With Lucie

APRIL 15, 2015

While the team leader brought their laptop to the tech check station to make sure that Arduino was properly installed and ready to go, the rest of the team created a paper flower with their team member names and added it to a white garden trellis. The design challenge mostly yielded a wide variety of origami style flowers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 5, 2020

At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list : Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free. C-STEM Studio –download to teach computers, science, technology, engineering and math with robotics. Hummingbird Robotics. Cato’s Hike (K+).

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 28, 2021

Write a story about spending a day with a robot, a dog, and a cow. Describe a life without electronics – no smartphones, tablets, laptops… Describe a hole in the garden. Would you rather attend a writer’s conference or an engineering workshop? The school replaced the janitor with a robot.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. The rest of the students were focused intently on their laptops. Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets? Aaaaaaaa ,” the kids chanted. Shhhhhhhh.”. The answer was the same.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

Second, the notion of what constitutes legitimate Maker activities needs to be broadened to include community-based practices from multiple cultures (think more sewing and crafting, in addition to computer science and robotics.) Access to power tools, laptops, computing devices, and digital hardware.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune. Compatibility: The pieces are perfectly sized for small vehicles, robots, figurines, or balls to navigate the maze. Terrapin is also offering a Makerspace Bundle, which includes all of their robots, the new Easi-Scope, and a variety of accessories.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. Quintyn Scott (left) and Ella Bartholomew program robots at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. Children ages 7-12 can use the Be a Maker app to create customized programs for their Jibo robot to perform, including speech and expressions. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Omnicharge ( www.omnicharge.co ) revolutionized portable power with the Omni 20 – a portable power bank with a built-in AC outlet capable of charging any device, including a laptop computer. Wonder Workshop ( www.makewonder.com ) previewed a middle school solution that brings coding and applied robotics into the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. The same was true at the affluent, predominantly white Barrington Middle School, which will soon move into a $68 million building fitted with a robotics lab.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. One Laptop Per Child. WTF is Unizin ?!

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