Coding is an extremely large topic in modern education and has enormous implications on the futures of today’s students. As the flood of coding toys, tools, and websites out there continue to expand, we chatted with Weston Hagan, Director at Let’s Start Coding, about connecting coding with more of today’s existing academic standards when building a new product.
Coding is too tough for kids. There’s nothing to simulate what it’s actually like. I’d rather have students learn the theory than the practice. These are some of the things that Bloxels, the video game building kit, helps put to rest. With this interactive tool, students as young as 7 can create their own video games using authentic construction.
VR can send students to new environments, to landmarks they’ve never seen before, and to sites they’d otherwise never be able to explore. And, that’s just what a basic viewer is capable of doing. Bring the incredible capabilities of the Oculus Rift VR Bundle into the conversation and it becomes a whole new ballgame.
It’s not every day we get to travel across the country. And, it’s certainly not every day that we get to take part in such an incredible event in an amazing city! That’s how we spent last week, though, exhibiting at our first ISTE conference and truly taking the Eduporium name and mission nationwide, which was an amazing experience.
We attended our first national ISTE conference last week and learned a lot along the way. Like just how many attendees were actually walking among the huge crowd, for instance. The size and scope of this EdTech event are both incredible and it’s really impossible to quantify how far our message has reached, but there are some other findings we can put into numbers.
More than just a service robot, the Sanbot provides authentic educational value and gives students feedback they can go on to use to improve their projects as they get more comfortable with robotics and technology! Designed to empower students from an early age, Sanbot teaches kids how to create a smarter future!
We know the summer is upon you, teachers. We still wanted to remind you that our Educator Discount program is open to all of you all year long. Whether you’re a classroom teacher, administrator, librarian, makerspace leader, tech director, or something else, educators of ALL kinds qualify for educational pricing at our online store.
You may remember a few months back we were excited to announce we had been approved as a registered provider of PD. Well, we finally got our PD feet wet last week and led our first hands-on teacher workshop event in collaboration with our friends from the Genesee Valley BOCES located in Le Roy, New York with about 35 people in attendance.
We know how challenging it can be to find classroom-friendly tech devices for today’s STEAM-first educators. By partnering with the EF’s that provide technology for teachers, schools, and children, we’ve helped eliminate that EdTech research process and help ensure your students are left using only the best and most affordable technology as they prep for the real world!
Here’s your chance to do just that. We’re having a FLASH SALE with huge PRICE REDUCTIONS on some of our absolute BEST STEM learning tools. With unbelievable prices on innovative products for robotics, 3D printing, design, and coding, can you (or your students) really afford to miss out? The Dash and Dot kits, Ozobot kits, and more are part of this offer.
