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Posted On October 2, 2019 in Media Coverage
eSchoolNews: Three Key Trends in Robotics Education
eSchoolsNews describes how spending on K-12 robotics is expected to more than quadruple in the next four years and the reason why. The article (including KIBO!) continues: “K-12 educators turn to robotics as a way to get students excited about science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) education. Worldwide, schools spent $146.5 million on robotics Read More
Posted On September 24, 2019 in Child's Play Newsletter
September 2019 Child’s Play Newsletter
Welcome to the September edition of the Child’s Play Newsletter. The school year is underway and we wish you and your young learners great success (and learning fun!) for the 2019-2020 year. In this newsletter, we wanted to share with you all that has been going on with KIBO, including our training and professional development Read More
Posted On September 12, 2019 in Blog
How Kids Coding Clubs are Cashing in on Kindergartners
Coding clubs for children have been appearing in growing numbers. In a world increasingly driven by and bound to technology, there is growing interest in getting children educated in a STEM (and STEAM) track at a younger age. The increasing job opportunities alone have grown exponentially that it makes perfect sense. Parents want to encourage Read More
Posted On August 28, 2019 in Media Coverage
Robotics Business Review: Back to School: STEM’s Impact on Developing Future Roboticists
This article discusses the state of STEM and robotics in today’s schools. Educators continue to stress bringing robots and robot education into classrooms, but unfortunately for many students, robotics programs and curricula vary across school districts, often heavily dependent on gender, socio-economic conditions, and even racial demographics. Robotics Business review sits down and interview’s Steve Read More
Posted On August 15, 2019 in Media Coverage
Tech & Learning: Best of Show at ISTE
We are thrilled to learn that KIBO was included in Tech & Learning’s awards program that honors nominated products at the annual ISTE conference that took place in June 2019. KIBO was one of the products selected by an anonymous panel of educator judges, who scoured the exhibit hall floor during the conference in Philadelphia. Read More