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Looking for a Class Robot? Try Robo Wunderkind

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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

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

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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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Coding Activities by Grade

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Click for Robotics 101 lesson plan. CSEdWeek #hourofcode #hoc #edtech #CSforGood Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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Coding Activities by Grade

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BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free. App Inventor –build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT. BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free. Click for Robotics 101 lesson plan. Looking for a Class Robot? Root Robotics–Great Way to Extend Hour of Code. Cato’s Hike (K+).

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Coding Websites/Webtools by Grade

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App Inventor –build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT. C-STEM Studio –download to teach computers, science, technology, engineering and math with robotics. BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free. Hummingbird Robotics. Click for Robotics 101 lesson plan. Looking for a Class Robot? Apps Geyser.

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The Robots Have Arrived on Campus. They Come Bearing Food.

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Robots are taking over college campuses. Not as android professors or virtual students, but as automated food delivery devices. The University of California at Berkeley and University of California, Los Angeles were two of the earliest colleges to welcome the food delivery robots, called the KiwiBot. It took a little while.

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