Kids can draw circuits instantly and learn the basics of electronic principles with this no-mess conductive ink pen. I experimented with the Circuit Scribe Lite Kit, which comes with one conductive ink pen, two coin cell batteries and one Bi-LED module. The kit includes components like, motors, buzzers, resistors, and more.
It’s time to dive a bit deeper into the top STEAM careers of tomorrow—the most profitable tracks, the skills students will need and the jobs robots will not be able to steal. One of the biggest fears facing the world today is the fact that robots seem poised to one day take over a great deal of our jobs at some point in the next few decades, leaving graduates hung out to dry.
If you are looking to introduce robotics at a young age, Cubelets is a fantastic way to do so. The three easy-to-use robot construction kits each come packaged with simple instructions along with some increasingly complex robot project ideas. I experimented with the Cubelets Six Kit, which includes six unique blocks.
Kids need project-based stimulation during the hot summer months to ensure that they do not slip into a beach-and-pool kind of lull. While it’s not essential that it’s rigorous and demanding, as it’s okay for kids to get a bit of a break, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with keeping them fresh until they start back to school in September.
The Pocket Operator (PO) comes pre-installed with a default beat, which kids can edit, change and add sounds to. That was great for me because I’m not exactly well-versed in the world of musical composition. Like many of today’s top EdTech tools, it was super easy to use the PO-12 and it really made the music creating process simple but innovative.
Hands-on learning is taking our entire education world by storm. In almost every town and in almost every grade, instructors are ditching the lectures, ditching the desks and embarking on brand new kinds of more meaningful educational experience. And, do you know why? Because it really tends to work! Keep on reading and explore some of the best EdTech tools for this.
Virtual reality is all the rage these days and is definitely primed to become a huge part of our lives, but is usually still really expensive to acquire some of the equipment needed to optimize the experience. The VR One headset, however, is a cheap alternative that embodies a lot of the educational uses of VR—and teachers can distribute it on a 1:1 basis.
It’s an exciting time in the 3D printing world—both in the classroom and in the industrial realm. Much of that excitement and innovation being applied in the classroom has been developed by leading tech companies and then tweaked to gel with modern education. Want to learn about a few different 3D printing technologies? Head inside for some great tips and info.
Want to build something and experience the fun of seeing it in action immediately? Then you want the mBot in your life! Ideal for early STEM education, mBot is a great toy that helps kids master the tricks of creative assembly and its built-in Arduino board helps them explore basic circuitry as well. It’s super easy for students to build the mBot.
If students and teachers are not developing intellectually every single day, how are they going to succeed in today’s hands-on, project-based world? The importance of the constant presence of growth mindset in education is more important now than perhaps it ever has been—whether students realize it or not—and that’s why it’s our focus topic for this week’s post.
