Join the Family Tech Back to School $10K Giveaway
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Join the Family Tech Back to School $10K Giveaway

We’re teaming up with over 15 other companies and organizations to introduce the first-ever Family Tech Back to School $10K Giveaway!
Join the Family Tech Back to School $10K Giveaway
At HomeAmanda Vaden

Join the Family Tech Back to School $10K Giveaway

We’re teaming up with over 15 other companies and organizations to introduce the first-ever Family Tech Back to School $10K Giveaway!
This month’s STEM Spotlight features CAIMS at Penn State Harrisburg that recently conducted a case study that highlights the effectiveness of using Sphero indi.
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STEM Spotlight: Penn State Harrisburg Sphero indi Case Study

It’s time for another STEM Spotlight to showcase an awesome way Sphero robots are being used in classrooms around the world! This month’s STEM Spotlight features CAIMS at Penn State Harrisburg and the recent case study they published on Sphero indi. 

Multilingual learning strategies are designed to acknowledge diversity and celebrate it in the classroom.
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Multilingual Learning: How To's and Strategies for Teachers

Diversity is in every classroom: students come from different backgrounds, have different skills, and speak different languages. Multilingual learning strategies are designed to not only acknowledge this diversity but to celebrate it.
AI has been in the classroom for a while now. Here's how AI and education can work together.
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AI and STEM Education: Great Match or Oil and Water?

Artificial intelligence is playing a major role in the world today. Not only is the technology driving cars, curating our social media feeds, and powering manufacturing robots, it’s also becoming commonplace in education.
Setting realistic learning objectives for your students can set them up for success at any level in any subject.
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A Guide to Setting Learning Objectives for Students

There’s no question that learning in any capacity is a good thing, but implementing objectives can help both students and educators by providing more structure and direction to the learning journey.

ChatGPT can be a powerful tool for teachers, especially when it comes to lesson planning.
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How ChatGPT Can Help Teachers and Their Lesson Plans

ChatGPT has been on everyone’s lips—or rather fingertips—for a while now. The sophisticated technology is an AI language model that can answer prompts and questions from humans with an impressive level of natural fluency. Here’s how ChatGPT can help teachers and their lesson plans, and ultimately the next generation of students. 
Block coding is a great way for kids, teens, and beginners of any ability to learn the foundations of programming.
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What is Block Coding?

Block coding in many ways is an ideal pathway into tech development for kids. Block coding has been a breakthrough in introducing new learners core coding skills in an easy-to-grasp manner. 

Sphero World Championship Season 3 Winners!
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Sphero World Championship Season 3 Winners!

The Sphero World Championship is an annual competition that brings together talented teams from around the world to showcase their skills in programming, problem solving, engineering, and teamwork. After weeks of showcasing their presentations to the Sphero judges the results are in. 
Is Scratch a programming language for beginners? Find out here.
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Is Scratch a Programming Language for Beginners?

Scratch is a free coding language aimed at helping kids learn how to code and be part of a coding community. Here, we answer “is Scratch a programming language for beginners?” and other questions about the exciting resource for the next generation of coders.
It's important to know how to teach your kids cybersecurity basics.
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Cybersecurity for Kids: 5 Best Tips for Teaching the Basics

The topic of internet safety and cybersecurity for kids should be at the core of every parent’s and educator’s mind. For this reason, we’ve prepared the following five tips you can use to teach your kids cybersecurity basics. 

Sphero Blueprint Build is an exciting new offering in engineering kits for kids.
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A Breakthrough in Engineering Kits for Kids & Teens: This is Sphero Blueprint

In this blog, we’ll cover the ins and outs of our latest development, the Blueprint Build Kit and Class Pack, including content and funding that’s available.
Most visual programming interfaces, like in the Sphero Edu app, involve selecting blocks that have different functions and connecting them to make a logical series that controls a process.
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Visual Programming: Everything You Need to Know

Sometimes referred to as “graphic programming”, visual programming is a programming language where people create software using visual elements like flowcharts and diagrams. 
Environmental robotics can play an essential role in solving environmental challenges, either by gathering data or performing physical tasks.
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Environmental Robotics Examples and How They Can Help Our Planet

Here we take a closer look at environmental robotics, a branch of robotics that attempts to solve ecological challenges, and some of the current applications that inspire us at Sphero.