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Roybi Raises $4.2 Million Seed Round to Produce Educational Robots

Edsurge

The two-legged, pill-shaped robot—upper half green, lower half white and small enough to stand on one’s palm—starts its lesson with a greeting. Today is a great day to learn about animals.” Designed for children ages 3 to 7, the robot, Roybi, aims to teach kids at home a range of early-childhood developmental skills.

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Why we love our coding & robotics tools

eSchool News

And even though 15 states have adopted a policy to give all high school students access to computer science courses, universities prepare way fewer computer science teachers than we need. Coding and robotics programs. Our robot, Milo , has been a great addition to our school team. They especially love dancing with him.

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Friday 5: K-12 coding

eSchool News

Learning to code can be a game-changer for students, regardless of country. With the hopes of better integrating into the local emerging tech community, Chinese parents prepare their children for code learning before pre-school. India has even introduced coding from class six, based on the country’s new education policy.

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3 things to consider when introducing a K-12 coding or robotics program

eSchool News

K-12 teachers and administrators have been listening to policy makers and industry leaders warn of the need for computer science instruction in U.S. Learning about coding and robotics can give students of all ages an effective on-ramp to computer science exploration. schools for years. And the evidence they cite is compelling.

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Trends and challenges impacting CTE in 2024–and beyond

eSchool News

CTE lets students understand the relevance of what they’re learning in school. Students are benefiting from learning about careers at an earlier age. When students can see how the skills they’re learning in the classroom apply to various careers, this helps them answer the all-important question: “Why do I have to learn this?”

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From Robotics to Full-Ride Scholarships, How Navajo Students Beat the Odds

Edsurge

Earlier this year, participants of the FIRST world robotics competition garnered national headlines after a team of young girls from Afghanistan were denied visas to attend the event in the United States. I learned you can create anything out of nothing. Most of the things we built our robot with was scrap metal.

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What Really Happened in Hybrid Classrooms This Year

The CoolCatTeacher

If you have accreditation or learning requirements as I do, take the opportunity to look at this post. We all need to help be realistic about a very unrealistic, unusual year as we help meet students where they are and we move forward. Sponsor: Advancement Courses. And join me as I take my courses this summer from Advancement Courses.

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