Meet Dash & Dot: The Latest in Coding Curriculum

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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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GrovePi+ Connects Your Raspberry Pi to the Real World

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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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Introducing 3D Design and Printing Bundles

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Studica has discussed its excitement with our PTC partnership, and we’re constantly bringing you the latest in 3D printing from XYZprinting. The next logical step was of course to bring these two powerhouse 3D design products together to provide our educators with a complete computer aided design (CAD) package. So, that’s what we’ve done. PTC Creo 3D Design and XYZprinting … Read More

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Elementary STEM Success Starts with fischertechnik Education

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fischertechnik Education recently collaborated with noted educator and STEM expert, Tom White, to create a line of learning products specifically developed to engage elementary students with the world of technology around them. Successful STEM is fundamental to future achievements in higher education and possible career fields. Experts agree that advancement in STEM is highly dependent on students developing an interest … Read More

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SnapFashun: Runway Trends Delivered to the Classroom

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We may not have a runway to show off all the great designs coming from the fashion design software, SnapFashun, but we’ll do our best in today’s blog entry. SnapFashun is the world’s most expansive library of vector-based fashion sketches. With thousands of individual reference assets, students are able to ‘snap’ together and customize designs to create their own fashion trends. … Read More

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Impero Addresses Classroom IT Management at ISTE

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Studica partnered with Impero this year at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2014 Conference to bring forth a real solution to the concerns educators and parents have when confronted with digital learning in the classroom. The conference is being held in Atlanta, GA from June 28th through July 1st, 2014. For over three decades, this conference has been … Read More

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Using Interactive 3d Technology & Leonar3Do to Help Classroom Learning

kristielAll Topics, STEM Education

How does interactive 3d technology and Leonar3Do help in education?  The one word answer is the “WOW-effect”.  3D visualized curriculum piques students’ interest. Full engagement from students makes them thinkbetter. The engagement can be further increased with the possibility of interaction with the digital curriculum. “Digital” is an important keyword. Why? Because digitization allows us to visualize anything in the virtual … Read More

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Free Educational Webinars Coming Up

kristielAll Topics, Unity Game Development, Webinars

Are you interested in incorporating more technical programs to your school’s curriculum? Do you want to review additional resources available to you? Looking for ways to to enhance your schools STEM curriculum? Here is a schedule for free educational webinars presented by Studica. 9/18/2012   Educating for Manufacturing with Autodesk Webcast: This Webinar concentrates on using Autodesk to educate your students … Read More

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Infinite Possibilities with Fischertechnik for STEM Education

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…share a small sampling of videos which show some of the really intriguing devices you can build with fischertechnik that go above and beyond the models you’ll find in your instruction books. I always like to use the sets, whether in a classroom or a personal setting, as a starting point…

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Real World Robotics are Possible Everywhere

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The basis behind these designs would seem to stem from the tasks that the robots are designed to perform. Tasks that, not unlike those performed by the tenderhearted and personified WALL-E, require three major components: Chassis & Drive System, Control Unit and Tool/Manipulator

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