Weclome to week 5. We are down to the two final weeks of the course before we wrap up weekly updates. The learning will continue, but this secret release of…Read more
Purposeful Play with LEGO: Week 5 Assessment
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Power of Hands On Learning to Make LEGO Candy Dispensers
During week 2 of our Purposeful Play with LEGO online course we had a wonderful new challenge emerge. During the podcast episode with LEGO Master Educator, Alisha Bridges, she referenced how her…Read more
LEGO EV3 Team Challenge – 3 Robot Relay
I am developing new ideas for our LEGO EV3 Mindstorms Camp this year. Each year I attempt to develop 4-5 new ideas to use with students to get them excited…Read more
Play Workshop Part 1: Remembering the Joy In Play in 40 Minutes with LEGO Enchanted Forest
I had a wonderful opportunity to enter an elementary building in my area for a Monday PD session. We all know how tough Mondays can be especially after teaching all…Read more
Using LEGO for Family STEM Event
Something that is developing in many schools which is really exciting are these events where the schools host a STEM night or maybe even a STEM day in their school….Read more
LEGO Design Thinking Experience Workshop for Students
A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to have the chance to head back to the middle school where I worked for 14 years to help an outstanding and…Read more
Rub Your Eyes, This is Real! FIRST World Championships
The sparkle in the eye. The one that causes you to stop blinking or perhaps blink a bit faster than normal. That moment when you or a kid…Read more
The Powerful Learning in Making a LEGO Duck
One of the activities I have used time and time again is building a LEGO duck to showcase the power of hands on learning, thinking with parameters, and to revisit…Read more
Make Writing with LEGO Instead of Writing Old School
If you really stop to think about writing and the process it sure looks an awful like the process we use in Makerspaces. You have an idea, you draft, you…Read more
Robodogs Robotics Camp Day 2
Wow! What a fantastic second day of robotics camp today. I am not exaggerarting when I state how proud I am of these amazing 60 kids. Today we started off…Read more