Today we had our first day of our Robodog Robotics Camp. We had two sessions of 30 students each for each of our three hour blocks of time. We started…Read more
Robodogs Robotic Camp Day 1
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BrushArtBot Presentation Reflection
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
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