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12 Tools to explore during Computer Science Week

Neo LMS

Read more: Getting started with STEM in your classroom! Possibilities might include lack of resources, student schedules are already full, or perhaps a perceived lack of knowledge by educators when it comes to bringing coding into our classrooms. CoderZ is a cloud-based option where students can code 3D robots.

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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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The Education of an Android Teacher

Edsurge

When you meet an android, it’s important to follow etiquette. I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. She’s the namesake of Maria, a destructive robot character from the 1927 silent film “Metropolis.” This makes it difficult to discern whether the android is a sci-fi character come to life or mere parlor trick.

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Wonder Workshop’s Amazing Dash

Ask a Tech Teacher

Education has many disruptors–3D Printing, AR and VR, 1:1 technology, STEM, and STEAM–but a recent and wildly popular one is robotics. One I discovered this summer is Wonder Workshop’s collection of three robots — Cue, Dash, and Dot. That, by the way, is one of my favorite parts of this fun little robot.

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Apps That Teach! (And Might Be Fun Too.)

The Web20Classroom

Angry Birds: ( iOS , Android ) Yep. Plants vs. Zombies ( iOS , Android ) Another fun and addictive game, Plants vs. Zombies is great for the science classroom, mainly looking at adaptations and evolutionary concepts. Plague Inc ( iOS ) Epidemic ( Android ) Wanna destroy humankind? You read that right. Angry Birds.

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Drones Take Flight as Latest K–12 Learning Tool

EdTech Magazine

The future has swooped in early: We’re already seeing drones being added to the mix of teaching tools that educators are using to help bring STEM to life in their classrooms. It regularly participates in several different competitions, including ones for robotics and solar cars. We then built a curriculum around drones,” says Vickery.

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4 ways to support the growing role robotics will have in society

eSchool News

In the past decade, robotics have evolved from a sci-fi fantasy set in some distant future to an industry capable of producing present-tense toys, companions , workers and self-driving cars. The inventors (and users) of tomorrow are children sitting in preK-12 classrooms right now, who by and large are not learning about robotics.

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