Today I traveled to Johnston Middle School in Johnston, Iowa to present as a Master Teacher for Iowa Public Television. This was a small conference as this is something new…Read more
Robotics
New LEGO EV3 Book Idea – Want To Help?
This week and last week I have been helping students learn how to program with LEGO EV3 software. They work and work and along the way I show them tips…Read more
Robodogs Summer Camp Preview
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR CAMP INFO FOR SUMMER 2015 PLEASE GO HERE https://coffeeforthebrain.com/robodogs/ In about one week we begin our annual Robodog Summer Camp. The camp is an…Read more
Sphero 2.0 Episode 2: Perseverance and Program Challenge #2
Here is another episode of myself and Coffeechug Jr. working with Sphero again. We are once again examining programming with a 9 year old. He had to work quite hard…Read more
Sphero 2.0 Episode 1: Playing and Programming with Coffeechug Jr.
Here is the first in a series of videos my son and I are going to be making about Sphero 2.0 I have future plans of reviews and videos with…Read more
Schoolwide LEGO World build challenge update!
A few weeks ago we launched the schoolwide LEGO World Build Challenge where teachers could sign their home room to come down and build for 15 minutes. I purchases over…Read more
Deeper Learning Conference Reflection Part 3: Deep Dive Session #deeperlearning
Here I am one week after the Deeper Learning Conference and I am still knee deep in reflection over what I learned. Today I want to focus on the first…Read more
The Power of Play, Tinkering, and Coding with Arduino! #edplay
As part of Coffeechug Cafe Hackshop series I gave an arduino kit to a student to play with over Spring Break. I simply asked him to play and tinker around….Read more
LEGO EV3: Bluetooth Project – Windy City
Before we strip down all of our robots and complete our sorting process of LEGO for our summer camp I wanted to have one of our students come in to…Read more
Schoolwide LEGO World Building Challenge Update
Last week I kicked off the BMS LEGO World Building Challenge. Rules are simple 1. You cannot take any pieces off the building area 2. You need to build structures…Read more