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Looking for a Class Robot? Try Robo Wunderkind

Ask a Tech Teacher

There are a lot of options if you want to bring programmable robots to your classroom. It is a build-a-robot kit designed to introduce children ages six and up to coding and robotics as well as the fun of problem-solving and creative thinking. If I were to rate myself with robotics, I might be closer to a 5 than a 10.

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5 Practical applications of IoT in the classroom

Neo LMS

Standalone VR headsets don’t require additional mobile devices and offer a fully immersive VR experience. Pen scanners are products that capture printed texts through camera technology and process them through in-system Optical Character Recognition software. Read more: How teachers can use smart boards in the classroom.

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Vernier Software & Technology Offers New Activities for the mBot™ Robot to Teach Coding and Robotics

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BEAVERTON, Oregon, June 25, 2018 — Vernier Software & Technology recently launched Coding with mBot: Self-Driving Vehicles activities module written for the mBot™ by MakeBlock. Students can use the mBot robot and Vernier-created activities to master introductory coding and programming skills through hands-on, standards-aligned learning.

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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university

Neo LMS

If you are wondering how it works in practice, here’s a good example: Duolingo is a free mobile app that helps students to learn foreign languages. The same gamification principle counts for many other subjects and the corresponding mobile apps, making this learning strategy universal. Robot teachers. Online learning.

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Ten jobs that are safe from robots

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Yes, the robots are definitely coming for the jobs of America’s 3.5 Robots may also be coming for radiologists, whose expertise diagnosing diseases through X-rays and MRIs is facing stiff competition from artificial intelligence. Best robot-proof jobs requiring a high-school degree but no college. million cashiers.

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Websites and Apps to Support Hour of Code

Ask a Tech Teacher

Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. Stencyl –build games without coding with downloaded software. BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free. Here are all those that don’t easily differentiate by grade. BrainPop coding games.

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How Can I bring Robotics Into My Curriculum? Programming Robots with SPRK Lightning Lab #AskTheTechCoach

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Lightning Lab will make it even easier to use the SPRK robot in the classroom because students can access te instructions and starter code inside of the app. Sphero makes app-enabled, teachable robots. To get started users download the mobile app to program their robot. https://sprk.sphero.com/. About CWIST. About Sphero.