The world of STEM education is constantly evolving. Teachers are being tasked with keeping up with the changes, and leading students through lessons in STEM classes. The problem is that often, resources and training are out of reach. Well, that doesn’t have to be the case. The ARRL Teacher Institute on Wireless Technology is here to help!
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Summer is here…. and with it, I am teaching a few summer STEM camps for the University of Mississippi. Some of the camps have more of a maker focus, which makes for some fun projects. One of the projects my campers were working on was a Rube Goldberg machine.
In my computer science classroom, I want kids to be able to own a bit of their learning. That means finding a variety of tools that students can use to get into coding, or whatever it is tech-wise that they want to explore. One of the tools I have recently acquired is the CoDrone Pro. Every Friday I have what I call Flexible Friday, where kids can work on a variety of projects to take control of their learning. I got two of them for the classroom. Let’s crack open the box and see what we’ve got.
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Virtual Reality. It’s here… you may not have noticed, but it has officially arrived in force. It has great entertainment value. The question, however, is what is the value of VR in the classroom setting?
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It’s the most wonderful time… of the year…. (ok, so my tune may be off a bit). The holidays are here. Parents are scrambling to come up with gifts for their kids. So, what do you get them that will keep them interested, having fun, and… get this… learning at the same time?
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Nearpod is a great tool. Many teachers say the one detractor to it being perfect is the fact that you are tied to your desk while running a live session. Well, I hate to break it to you, but that just isn’t true! There is a way to run Nearpod from your phone/tablet.
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If you read the title of this post and wondered why I misspelled the term meaning a period of two weeks… it might be time to crawl out from under that rock. If you hadn’t noticed… kids love Fortnite. Do you?
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Arduino is everywhere. Integrating Arduino into your computer science curriculum only makes sense. Arduino boards are cheap… but they are not free. Here is a solution to that little problem.
Continue readingEveryone wants a 3D printer. Let’s face it, the ‘cool’ factor is strong with kids on this one. In the process of building our makerspace, I really wanted to get a 3D printer for the classroom. The issue was going to come down to money.
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Resistance is futile. The day of the computer program has come. Now, you have a couple of choices. You can choose to ignore that computer science should be a required course, or you can embrace it and head over to www.code.org to see how to get your kids started. Continue reading