Today is “Familiarization” Day at WorldSkills 2015 in Brazil. Competitors will be attending preparation meetings and visiting their workplaces for orientation. For the first time ever in its 65 year history, the WorldSkills competition will be held in Latin America. There is sure to be excitement with over 1,000 competitors from 59 different countries competing. This the largest vocational education and skills competition in … Read More
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Conquering technology in the classroom isn’t just a challenge for educators. Students often struggle to find affordable software and digital devices for class, while simultaneously scrambling to cover living expenses at college. But, not to worry! Students can take advantage of all kinds of discounts on technology, food, clothing and so much more. You just have to know where to … Read More
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One of the most common mechanics that you’ll find in almost any video game is the ability to shoot something. Bullets, fireballs, arrows, etc. As a game designer, you can have your character shoot whatever your heart desires. Of course, implementing a shooting mechanism is not quite as simple as running a function called ShootBullets(). In this post, I am … Read More
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Studica would like you to meet our new friends, Dash and Dot! These fun, interactive robots are the latest from Wonder Workshop – a company dedicated to teaching children the fundamentals of programming. Developed with Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards, these robotic devices offer new lesson plans to help K-5 educators use Dash & Dot to teach young … Read More
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On the heels of the recent release of fischertechnik Education’s elementary STEM sets, the company announced it will offer educators access to the complete fischertechnik Introduction to STEM I curriculum. That’s right. They are so confident in the positive impact the Introduction to STEM I set will have on your classroom that they are giving you a download of the … Read More
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Seeed Studio is a maker’s paradise. This company specializes in creating innovative, open hardware platforms for makers to grow their ideas and create all new technology. The best thing about Seeed is its ability to work with leading technology providers of all scales to provide access to multiple platforms – like Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Maker Pro and more. Take for … Read More
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WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 is just around the corner on August 11th-16th. The WorldSkills organization just released a Visitor’s Presentation video – giving competitors a peek at what could be in store for them. Competitors in the Mobile Robotics Competition will be expected to carry out two tasks over the course of four days using the provided robotic components. As … Read More
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PTC Creo is an industry-standard 3D Design software. It is used for a wide number of applications across many different industries. I’ve recently been learning my way around the product and thought I would share the workflow for exporting an STL file from PTC Creo Parametric. First off, an STL file is known as a stereolithography file. The file extension … Read More
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