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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom. It starts with a game of Robot Turtles, a board game by Thinkfun that’s being used at Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, Ill., Within HWS and District 36’s other four schools, this is the first step of a journey that will touch on coding and robotics at each grade level.

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7 Reasons Advancement Courses Has Excellent Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

Teacher professional development needs to be practical, fit your schedule, and improve your classroom — and I’ve found professional development from Advancement Courses that does just that! Recently, I took a course from Advancement Courses called Teaching Computer Science in 6-12. Look at Courses.

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Using robots to teach creativity, collaboration, and self-confidence

eSchool News

More than a year ago I read an article about McDonald’s using robot arms to make french fries, so even a job as straightforward as fry cook will be performed by a human-robot team–even if the human’s part is only maintaining the robot. Here’s how it has worked since we introduced virtual robotics at our middle school.

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Introducing the Makeblock mBot2: A Fun and Educational AI Robot for Coding

Ask a Tech Teacher

Introducing the Makeblock mBot2: A Fun and Educational AI Robot for Coding The Makeblock mBot2 is a delightful and educational AI robot designed to captivate the interest of children aged 8-12 in the fields of STEM. This quick setup allows them to jump right into coding and interactive play.

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Top 5 Game Development Platforms for Young Coders

Ask a Tech Teacher

Kids can build games, animate stories, and even learn robotics or Minecraft modding. Tip from CodaKid Teachers: Encourage kids to start small, perhaps by creating a simple obstacle course or adventure game. What if coding could be that fun? Well, it absolutely can be!

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Dallas Independent School District Approves CoderZ and RoboXFor Pre-engineering and Robotics Certification Programs

eSchool News

. – Intelitek and CoderZ, an Intelitek company, announced today that the Dallas Independent School District has approved the CoderZ coding platform and the RoboX 3D simulation platform for the district’s pre-engineering and robotics certification programs as part of a recent request for proposal initiative.

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12 Tools to explore during Computer Science Week

Neo LMS

Also available are online courses that include Minecraft and Roblox. CoderZ is a cloud-based option where students can code 3D robots. They have featured coding products and additional resources such as online coding training for Scratch, robotics programming, and Python. CodaKid is a learning platform for students ages 7-14.

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