The 2015 California STEM Symposium begins!

kristielAll Topics, STEM Education

Today is the Day! We are excited to be in Anaheim for the 2015 California STEM symposium to start “Designing Our Future”. There are thousands educators, students and other academic leaders gathered here to discuss strategies and resources for successful STEM education. A major focus this year is bringing more diversity into STEM. How do we help bring more underrepresented … Read More

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Wonder League Robotics Competition for Ages 6-11

kristielAll Topics, Competitions & Contests, Robotics, STEM Education

Wonder Workshop has started their first Wonder League Robotics Competition and the Minions are all over it! Teams from around the USA and their Dash and Dot robots are ready for action. The grand prize winners will get an all-expense paid STEM Field Trip to California. This trip will allow the winners to meet with top professionals in engineering, game … Read More

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Force Friday Introduces Sphero’s Star Wars Droid BB-8

kristielCoding & Programming, New Releases, Robotics

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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WorldSkills Mobile Robotics Competition Details Released

kristielAll Topics, Robotics, WorldSkills Robotics

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 Heads to ISTE 2015

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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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Level Up STEM Curriculum with GameSalad Training

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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 is Important for Kids – Find Out Why

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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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