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Smart Robotic Game Piece Unboxing Review

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Ozobot is a tiny robot (roughly the size of a twist off bottle top) that is capable of recognizing codes and sensors both on a mobile device and a more analog surface. The company has developed a handful of games that create patterns, which serve as paths for the 'bot.

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Pixel Press is a technology company focused on building engaging mobile gaming experiences for both sides of the brain: the analytical left side and the creative right side. Our products are fun for all ages, and flexible enough for many applications.

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COVID-19: Click here to see how to use CS Unplugged at home

CS Unplugged is a collection of free teaching material that teaches Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around.

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COVID-19: Click here to see how to use CS Unplugged at home CS Unplugged is a collection of free teaching material that teaches Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around.

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How to make LEGO Stop Motion Videos with LEGO Movie Maker App - Cheep Jokes

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Evolution of A Space for Deeper Learning

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Evolution of A Space for Deeper Learning

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Teacher to Teacher Ideas in the Top Teaching Blog | Scholastic

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Exciting lesson ideas, classroom strategies, teaching tips, book lists, videos, and reproducibles in a daily blog by teachers from the classrooms of extraordinary mentor

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Hour of Code

This year, we're taking Hour of Code to new heights by offering coding opportunities that encompass both artificial intelligence (AI) and non-AI components.

Want to keep learning? Go beyond an hour

Teachers: Host an hour or read the How-To Guide

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Use computer science to explore and learn about AI!

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Now you can build with LEGO® bricks using Google Maps as your baseplate. Imagine. Explore. Build online in Chrome.

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Arts & Culture Expeditions - Google Arts & Culture

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Go on a virtual field trip with Google Arts & Culture

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Tickle: Program Star Wars BB-8, LEGO, Drones, Arduino, Dash & Dot, Sphero, Robots, Hue, Scratch, Swift, and Smart Homes on your iPhone and iPad

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Programming re-imagined for the connected world. Learn to program Arduino, drones, Star Wars BB-8, connected toys, and smart home devices. Tickle is easy to learn, fun to use, yet 1000x more powerful! Now you can see your code blocks in Swift 3.0.

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curriculum standards Sphero activities can meet

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curriculum standards Sphero activities can meet

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Get it, fold it and look inside to enter the world of Cardboard. It's a VR experience starting with a simple viewer anyone can build or buy. Once you have it, you can explore a variety of apps that unfold all around you.

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ZOOM . activities . sci . Puff-mobile | PBS Kids

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Debbie, age 9 of Paramus, NJ wrote: It was great!!! It went fast and far with the sail above the wheels.Reagan, age 12 of Fort Wayne, IN wrote: I had a group of 3 for my puff mobile project. For 1 blow I got 1 yard. For 6 ft.

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monster trap

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Design Thinking -- Maximizing Your Students' Creative 

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Design Thinking -- Maximizing Your Students' Creative 

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Design Thinking -- Maximizing Your Students' Creative Talent: Co Barry at TEDxDenverTeachers

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The Project Design Rubric uses the Essential Project Design Elements as criteria to evaluate projects. The rubric aligns with PBLWorks' Gold Standard PBL model. Definitions and practical examples are used to clarify the meaning of each dimension.

The rubric helps educators understand the difference between a simple "project" and rigorous Gold Standard PBL. Teachers who are new to PBL can see how to move from beginner to expert.

You and your colleagues can use the rubric to guide the design of projects, give formative feedback, and reflect and revise.

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The Project Design Rubric uses the Essential Project Design Elements as criteria to evaluate projects. The rubric aligns with PBLWorks' Gold Standard PBL model. Definitions and practical examples are used to clarify the meaning of each dimension. The rubric helps educators understand the difference between a simple "project" and rigorous Gold Standard PBL.

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Make this paper toy and be mesmerized by the colorful action! Based on flexagons and kaliedocycles. Download a FREE template here: http://babbledabbledo.com/paper-toys-flextangles/

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student book, student journal, teacher guide

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"I liked...I learned...I wished..."

What I learned/ What questions do I have?

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Give the kids something to shoot at that doesn't involve a video screen. Help them make a mini catapult then use marshmallows or pom-poms to shoot at targets. To make it easy, we've provide a numbered target you can just download and print.

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A few months ago, when I was first introduced to Pinterest, I came across this idea from Real Simple.  I thought it looked like something the kids would enjoy, but we just never got around to doing it over the summer.  Then this week the kids had a day off school and it was the first day it didn't rain in what seems like ages!  I gathered up some balloons, plastic cups, mini marshmallows and pom poms and we had a great time.  These little contraptions are really easy and inexpensive to make, but boy, can they really launch a marshmallow!

Here's how we made ours ( I made a few small changes from the original idea)

You'll need:

* plastic cups (ours were 9 oz)

* balloons ( ours were 12")

* mini marshmallows (or pom poms)

* scissors (not pictured)

And here's what you need to do:

1.  Cut the bottom part off of your plastic cup.  I found it worked best to double up the cups and I cut off the bottom third.

See how there's two cups nestled together?

2.  Tie a knot at the end of your balloon and cut off about 1/2" from the other end.

3.  Now stretch the balloon over the end of the cup.  I found it worked best to put the balloon on the top part of the cup where the lip is, otherwise the cup would bend too much when I put the balloon on.  Perhaps if you have a sturdier cup, you wouldn't need to use two cups together and you could put the balloon on the cut end (like in the original), but our way worked really well for us.  (UPDATE:  A commenter said she used a empty yogurt container and it worked well ~ good idea since some brands tend to be pretty sturdy, plus you're recycling!)

That's it!  Now it's time to do some launching!  Just put your marshmallow inside the cup on the knotted center, then aim the cup away from you, pull back on the outer knot and launch away!

**NOTE** The marshmallows went MUCH farther than the pom poms, but I have enough problems with food in unwanted places inside the house.  There was no way I was going to intentionally encourage the kids to shoot more food around!  Therefore, my rule with these fun new toys was marshmallows outside, only pom poms inside.  (I know I'll still be finding pom poms in hidden corners for the next several months, but at least they won't be covered with ants!)

Check out the fun we had at a local park (our backyard was too much of a muddy mess)

Ready to launch!

We drew a launching line with sidewalk chalk.

He loved it!

Several marshmallows in at a time don't go as far, but it was fun to watch them burst out.

We also shot a pom pom straight up in the air, then tried to catch it in the cup.

It's a little tough to see, but we drew targets in chalk on the cement.

He's marking the spot where my marshmallow landed ~ Look how far it went!!!

These were so inexpensive and easy to make and sooo much fun, that we'll definitely be launching some more marshmallows (outside, of course!) and pom poms (inside, but not at each other!) soon!

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Mini Marshmallow Shooters (or Pom Pom Poppers)

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Creativity at your fingertips

Whether you’re coloring inside the lines or thinking outside the box, it’s never been easier to get ideas on Paper

Bring life to
your ideas

We’ve polished every tap, swipe, and pinch to mirror your natural gestures. Watch life-like journals jump from the page, while 3D interactions create our most immersive experience yet.

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Struggling to get started? The Paper Store is packed with tips and tricks from our favorite creators to help you conquer your fear of the big, blank page.

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Paper® is the immersive sketching app for capturing ideas anywhere. Beloved by 25 million people who sketch, handwrite notes, draft, diagram, and give form to their ideas.

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Written by Ana Dziengel
I can't tell you how excited I am to be here on The Artful Parent today! I have been a fan of Jean's blog well before I even knew what blogs were. Jean has inspired so many parents out there to be creative with their children (including me!) so it is a huge honor to be meeting you all today on her blog! My name is Ana and I blog at Babble Dabble Do where my focus is on science, art, engineering, and design for kids.

As a designer by trade, I am often focused on how things look in 3 dimensions. So today I'm excited to translate a 2 dimensional activity, drawing, into a 3 dimensional project with you: Doodle Cubes. Depending on the age of your children this can be as basic as drawing on our template. Or it can be as complex as trying to match up 2D pattern sections to create flowing color and form.

And doodling is such an important pastime to foster in kids. To see why scroll to the end of this post!

Doodle Cubes - A Fun Drawing and Sculpture Art Activity for Kids
MATERIALS INSTRUCTIONS
Step One Print out the template. If you are going to paint your cubes print them on card stock. If you are going to use pens you can print them on regular paper.

Step Two Doodle! Or paint or draw...but here's the BIG TIP: Try and start a line or color block on the tick marks along each side of the cube. This will guarantee that the lines will continue around the side of of the cube and appear to flow. You can also use the letters to find the matching side of the cube.

Step Three Cut it out. Fold along the light lines with crisp folds and cut along the solid lines.

Step Four Add glue to the tabs, tuck them UNDER the cube sides and press together. Alternatively or in addition to the glue you can add tape to the sides. The cubes are delicate so parents may wish to do this step for younger children who might crush the cube while trying to glue it.

You're done! Make a few of these and explore how 2D patterns translate into 3 dimensional objects!

Doodle Cubes Look Like...

On Babble Dabble Do I profile an artist, designer, scientist, or creative that comes to mind with each project we do. Doodle Cubes reminded me immediately of Superstudio.
Our Doodle Cubes reminded me of The Continuous Monument and the idea of taking simple basic forms like the grid and using them to connect and explore form and space.
Superstudio was an Italian architecture firm founded in the 1960s. Their work was primarily conceptual, meaning it was never actually built but instead they explored radical architectural ideas on paper. Their most famous work is The Continuous Monument, a monolithic grid structure that they proposed would circle the entire world. That's right, the ENTIRE WORLD, in an attempt to instill unity. Pretty heavy stuff, huh? The 1960s was a great time in architecture. Designers like the members of Superstudio explored unique and impossible ideas as a way of both questioning the status quo and proposing solutions to world problems. And here's one more reason I love Superstudio. One of their founding members, Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, was my professor when I spent a year studying in Florence!

The Power of Doodling
While doodling may seem like just a way to pass the time, I believe in the power of doodling to engage the brain.
Do you and your kids doodle?

Several research studies have been done that suggest that doodling actually helps people commit to memory the ideas that they are listening to while drawing. Doodling is said to help people retain information, foster creative thinking, and believe or not, HELP people focus. I also find doodling incredibly relaxing.

I hope you will give doodling a try with our Doodle Cubes and turn mindless sketching into a little 3D surprise!

If you liked this project I hope you'll come visit me at Babble Dabble Do where I have loads more creative ideas for kids and the young at heart! Start with our 12 Easy Art Activities for Kids post!

About the Author
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Ana Dziengel is an architect, award winning furniture designer, and mom blogger. In 2012 Ana left behind an architecture career to be a SAHM, professional crafter, amateur scientist, and impromptu art teacher to her three young children. She blogs at Babble Dabble Do.

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Doodle Cubes - A Fun Drawing and Sculpture Art Activity for Kids

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Written by Ana Dziengel I can't tell you how excited I am to be here on The Artful Parent today! I have been a fan of Jean's blog well before I even knew what blogs were. Jean has inspired so many parents out there to be creative with their children (including me!)

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What do student projects look like in your school? In most classrooms, so-called student 'projects' look like sugar cube pyramids, styrofoam ball solar systems, coat hanger mobiles, and dioramas. Or maybe posters, brochures, or PowerPoint presentations. Or 3-dimensional structures made out of construction paper, cardboard, paper mâché, and other materials. The common factor across these 'projects' typically is the presentation of low-level facts found from a textbook or the Internet. But none of these rise to the level of 'gold standard' project-based learning (PBL), opportunities for students in which they are doing deep, complex thinking work over many days or weeks, usually in collaboration with others and enhanced by relevant, meaningful uses of digital technologies.

As leaders, why should we care about project-based learning? Because if we want graduates who are critical thinkers and problem solvers, we have to create learning environments in which students get to practice those skills in meaningful, authentic ways. Higher-level thinkers don't just magically emerge from low-level thinking spaces. And that means we have to expect more from what we have traditionally called a learning 'project.'

The Buck Institute for Education has outlined 8 essential elements of PBL, including significant content, a driving question, opportunities for inquiry and innovation, and high levels of student voice and choice. Typical classroom 'projects' lack these essential elements and thus are mostly busy work. The content isn't significant because it's just recall and regurgitation. There is no big question driving students' efforts. And every student work product looks the same, which, as Chris Lehmann notes, means that it isn't a project, it's a recipe (e.g., 20 identical student posters of a cow's digestive system!). We can do better...

There are many different models for creating high-quality PBL experiences for students. For example, here in Iowa the Iowa BIG School in Cedar Rapids has organized its entire school day around rich inquiry and problem solving. The Spirit Lake, Okoboji, Newell-Fonda, and North Union school districts all have two-week PBL sessions in January or May in which students spend 50 or more hours immersed in deeper projects. Some Iowa teachers are experimenting with genius hour, 20% time, and other structures to facilitate student passion projects. And across the country and planet a bevy of other models are emerging as well.

John Dewey famously reminded us that we learn what we do. If students spend 90% of their time making a poster / mobile / shoe box float and 10% of their time writing down facts that they quickly look up and rarely retain, we can't really say that significant learning is occurring. The products look nice but there's little substance behind them. As leaders, I encourage you to walk around your schools and look at the 'projects' that your students are doing. Ask yourself if the creation of those student work products requires deep, complex thinking and problem solving. And, if not, get some conversations started about how to make student projects richer and better...
What do student projects look like in your school?

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Project-based learning: We can do better than sugar cube pyramids

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What do student projects look like in your school? In most classrooms, so-called student 'projects' look like sugar cube pyramids, styrofoam ball solar systems, coat hanger mobiles, and dioramas. Or maybe posters, brochures, or PowerPoint presentations. Or 3-dimensional structures made out of construction paper, cardboard, paper mâché, and other materials.

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Design Make Share: An Outline for MAKING in the Classroom

Ready to dive into 3D printing in the classroom? Your students and colleagues will be energized by having access to the latest technology. But be careful, if you just start printing without a clear instructional plan in place, your 3D printer could become just a toy factory.

Design Make Share is a method for integrating MAKING in the classroom. This method applies to 3D printers and any other type of MAKING from cardboard and scissors to laser cutters and CNC machines.

Here is an instructional outline for MAKING in the classroom.

PROBLEM/CHALLENGE: Students want to solve a problem, fill a need or answer a question.

DESIGN: Students design, brainstorm, sketch, hypothesize a solution to the problem. It is critical that each student record the results of this process. The DESIGN may be a drawing on a 3″x5″ card, an entry in a maker journal, a sketch on an iPad or a full design in a CAD program. This is the idea phase. This is the stage where student work can be stored as bits in memory.

MAKE: Students make, build, experiment, fabricate their design. Review and revision are an integral part of this step. The original design will be modified based on the limits of the tools, materials and skills of the student. What is important is that the student are working from their original design and not just starting from scratch with tools in hand. This is the stage where bits are turned into atoms.

SHARE: Students share, market, publish, teach what they have designed and made. Blogs, websites, class share fairs and Thingiverse.com are great places to SHARE. The SHARE step can include a summary of the problem, the design, the solution that they made and how it differs from their original design and a reflection of how the work relates to the class curriculum. Be sure that students SHARE the solutions that didn't work. This is the stage where the bits and atoms are turned into waves that ripple out and impact others.

The purpose of this blog is to explore MAKING in the classroom and expand on the idea of Design Make Share by teaching others.

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Design Make Share: An Outline for MAKING in the Classroom

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Ready to dive into 3D printing in the classroom? Your students and colleagues will be energized by having access to the latest technology. But be careful, if you just start printing without a clear instructional plan in place, your 3D printer could become just a toy factory.

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littleBits: Award-winning electronic building blocks for creating inventions large and small

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littleBits is an award-winning platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks for creating inventions large and small.

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Sketchnoting (or visual note-taking) (
Click here for a presentation called "Sketchnoting for Beginners". Click here to see my sketchnotes on Flickr.)

She told me that she made them with an iPad app called "Paper by fifty-three" . Well, I immediately downloaded the app and my journey into sketchnoting began.

Sketchnoting is simply a way to take notes in a more visually attractive way than bullet points. Some people use traditional pen and paper, but my tech-inclined self prefers the iPad version. You may notice conference tweets including a sketchnote image or two, as this has become quite a popular method of taking notes.

Silvia's preferred app for sketchnoting is when I first started out because you can upload photos, type text, add lines for guidance, and change the thickness and lightness of your pen. More recently, I have been drawing with Other educators with AMAZING sketchnotes are "Paper by fifty-three" , while I preferred Tayasui sketches which allows you to import and draw on top of images (which allows you to trace images). It also allows you to you layer images which lets you resize and re-position images on your drawing. Rebeca Zuniga ( Flickr) and Rachel Smith ( Flickr). Take a look at her great TedX talk here. Matt Miller also sketchnotes a lot. You can see his drawings

When I began sketchnoting, I became frustrated because:

Here is how I resolved my issues:

When you open Paper by Fifty-Three or FlipInk, you will see some notebooks. When you touch a notebook to open it, you need to touch the page to draw on it. Then, to close the page or to start a new page, you need to squeeze two fingers together, then hit the plus sign. Sounds simple but it took me forever to figure out, and I couldn't even find a YouTube video to explain it! Another important tip that Karen and Silvia gave me is that to do finer details in your drawings, spread 2 fingers apart on your screen. This will enlarge the drawing area significantly.

I recommend that you purchase a good stylus for your drawing, as finger drawing is not very accurate. After much research and trial and error with different models, the Musemee Notier is my current favourite because it allows for very fine lines.

With practice, I eventually saw my drawing skills begin to improve. Practice, practice, practice! If you google "Sketchnote" fonts, you can find lots of fonts to practice. Here is a screenshot of one of my practice sessions:

Try googling "Sketchnote icons" and "stickmen" to practice more drawings. Also, TheNounProject is a great website to find simple-to-draw icons. Here is a great tip sheet by Carol Anne McGuire . (Also check out her wonderful sketchnotes .) (Thanks Karen for showing me this!)

I have not yet tried to sketchnote during a conference, but here are some of my first sketchnotes.

(Quote by Kevin Honeycutt)

(Quote by Kevin Honeycutt)

Have fun with sketchnoting!

Post script: My Facebook friend, Lauri Taparluie has started sketchnoting, too. Here is one of her creations.

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Sketchnoting (or visual note-taking) ( Click here for a presentation called "Sketchnoting for Beginners". Click here to see my sketchnotes on Flickr.) She told me that she made them with an iPad app called "Paper by fifty-three" . Well, I immediately downloaded the app and my journey into sketchnoting began.

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Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED

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AnnMarie Thomas: Hands-on science with squishy circuits

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http://www.ted.com In a zippy demo at TED U, AnnMarie Thomas shows how two different flavors of homemade play dough can be used to demonstrate electrical properties -- by lighting up LEDs, spinning motors, and turning little kids into circuit designers.