In this episode I speak with Becky McDowell, a LEGO Master Educator, who is a K-5 STEM Teacher/Team Leader for Barrington School District. She is a passionate educational leader who specializes…Read more
2019
LEGO WeDo 2.0 Amusement Park Mechanism Brainstorm
Hello all my wonderful friends. I am working with some phenomenal educators who are currently underway preparing to teach a powerful 6 week summer school project to help students who…Read more
LEGO WeDo 2.0 Candy Dispenser Mechanism
Yesterday I posted a fun LEGO Candy Dispenser using regular LEGO pieces – LEGO Candy Dispenser Build and Demo I wanted to up the challenge a bit for myself as I…Read more
LEGO Candy Dispenser Build and Demo
As part of the Purposeful Play with LEGO online course I am running we had a wonderful opportunity to share ideas with students who were already underway in creating a…Read more
Purposeful Play with LEGO: Week 1 Recap
We did it! 109 awesome people from all over the planet have spent the past week building and sharing. Here is a short little video highlighting all that went down….Read more
090: Purposeful Play with LEGO featuring Alisha Bridges
In this episode I speak with Alisha Bridges. She is an educator who has the honor of working in the first LEGO Education Model School at Jesse Bobo Elementary in…Read more
Purposeful Play with LEGO: Week 1 Creative Thinking is live!
It is finally here! YAHOO! I cannot tell you how long I have been patiently waiting to push out this course. I am so excited to finally get rolling in…Read more
089: Purposeful Play with LEGO Creative Thinking with Rob Torok
In this episode I speak with Rob Torok. Rob is a teacher in Tasmania, Australia. He has been using LEGO MINDSTORMS with his students since 2001. He is also the…Read more
Greek Myths to Integrate Literacy, History, Physical Computing, and Computer Science
As computer science continues to increase awareness in schools through state adoptions of standards and exposure we must work to figure out a proper means to finding where to insert…Read more
LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Kit Can Change STEM Mindset
I had the wonderful opportunity to fly to New York for the global campaign and launch of LEGO Education latest product launch called SPIKE Prime. I am beyond grateful to…Read more