In preparation for the upcoming release of the Star Wars: Episode VII, Disney has deemed today Force Friday and unveiled a series of toys and other items related to the film. Part of this event introduced us to Sphero’s latest robotic creation, Star Wars droid BB-8. BB-8 is the cousin robot to Sphero’s flagship product of the same name and … Read More
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a very important topic taking the IT world by storm. Every organization is eager to get their products “connected” and many IT professionals want to know how they can add relevant IoT skills to their resumes. In case you aren’t as connected to technology as the rest of us, IoT is a network of … 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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Studica is heading to ISTE this year to showcase some of our latest technology. The ISTE Conference & Expo is your chance to explore learning, exchange ideas and sample the field of education technology. ISTE 2015 takes place June 28th through July 1st, and hosts world-class keynotes, hundreds of sessions in various formats and exhibits from industry leaders. It is … Read More
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GameSalad is a revolutionary game development toolkit that allows anyone to create a game straight out of his or her imagination, without writing a line of code. Introduce programming concepts, game design and digital media creation to your students. GameSalad is used in schools all over the world as the foundation of their STEM curriculum – including K-12 schools, districts, … Read More
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Game Design in education is typically associated with a higher grade-level. Usually somewhere in high school and college is where individuals learn the tricks and trade of game design. However, this does not mean that game design is limited to teenagers and adults. Kids are beginning to get in on the craft of game design as well. There are many … Read More
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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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Ten teams participated in this year’s challenge where the competing teams were required to program a fischertechnik Robo-TX Explorer robot using the latest recently released Microsoft Robotics Development Studio 4 (that is available as a free download)
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There are quite a few reasons why I am excited that September the 6th is rapidly approaching. The first day of school is an exciting one, but this year we have three reasons to bring the excitement level of our students up a few notches.
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While you can in fact special order some of the instruction booklets for the currently available fischertechnik sets directly from Studica (please contact me directly at [email protected] for more info on this), there are no printed versions of the instructions for older kits available for sale. However, there is another option, and it’s totally FREE.
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