Podcasts about spheros

This episode is brought to you by Kinazium. Kinazium is the ultimate set for building mazes and games while having fun with math and physics! It works with Sphero, Vex, Wonderworks, Maker Bot, BeeBot, and more. Click on the link below to save 12% off your next Kinazium purchase. Hurry because the offer ends September 30th, 2024. Click Here To Save 12% Using Code: ETB2024 Click Here To View On Amazon You've got Ozobots, Spheros, Vex, Wonderworks, BeeBots, and Maker Bots… now what?! In this episode, I chat with Susan Crouse from Kinazium to discuss how Kinazium is reshaping STEM and STEAM while putting these robots to work in the classroom. Learn how Kinazium is checking the boxes when it comes to Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Communication. Let students explore three dimensional and game design while having fun. Self-directed learning will be at the forefront with your students and at the same time they learn coding skills. Give this episode a listen and don't forget to purchase your building set using the 12% off code: ETB2024 using the link above. Buen provecho! Connect With Gabriel Carrillo EdTech Bites Website: https://edtechbites.com EdTech Bites Twitter: https://twitter.com/edtechbites EdTech Bites Instagram: https://instagram.com/edtechbites EdTech Bites Threads: https://www.threads.net/@edtechbites EdTech Bites Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/edtechbites EdTech Bites YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@edtechbites About Susan Crouse Susan started her career as one of the first computer animators on the planet, later she became a product manager in the video industry. Over her career she won 2 technical team Emmy's, one for the first realtime computer animation system, FGW4000. Traxart is her fourth startup and Kinazium is the result of that endeavor. "We love how Kinaizum brings joy into the classroom and the home, where kids get to invent their own games/mazes and environments for robots and other rolling toys.” Connect With Susan And Kinazium Kinazium Website Kinazium On Twitter Kinazium On Instagram Kinazium On Facebook Kinazium On TikTok The Book Is Officially Out! My first book “Cooking Up Experiences In The Classroom: Focus On Experiences, Not Just Lessons” is officially out! A HUGE shout out to Lumio for helping sponsor this book. I'm super excited about this project. It's filled with ideas on how to make memorable experiences for your students. In addition, each chapter also lays out a specific recipe mentioned in that chapter along with a video tutorial on how to prepare that dish. Make sure you get your copy and cook up some experiences for your students and loved ones! Click Here To Purchase Your Copy On Amazon

Learning doesn’t have to be boring! Rich explores the use of SPHERO robots to bring coding to life! This episode discusses the importance and fun associated with learning-by-doing. The SPHEROs allow you to add some interesting project ideas to class, combining some other subject matter skills, and relating those project ideas to practice. Come and explore with us!Music provided courtesy of HookSounds.com under the use and mention license,Bensounds (Royalty Free Music): https://www.bensound.com/ , Incomptech (Royalty Free Music): https://incompetech.com/music/Follow me on Facebook to get notifications about live events: https://www.facebook.com/TechStudyHall/Follow me on Twitter or Instagram: @DrSmith_EdtechWebsite: www.techstudyhall.orgYouTube: Tech Study Hall Channel - Be sure to like and subscribe. As Heard On the Show:Rich’s SPHERO EDU PresentationMore Information about SPHERO EDU

Find out about using robotics in the classroom. Today Toni explores some examples of robotics being used in classrooms such as Beebots, Edisons, Spheros and Ozobots! Check out all the links in the show notes at http:/bit.ly/techietenshownotes Follow along on Twitter @TechieTen for more resources and ideas!

The IgnitED Labs are creative spaces where users can explore and play with new and emerging technologies that can serve a role in teaching and learning. This is part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Sean Leahy, Director of Technology Initiatives, and Jodie Donner, Lead Technology Strategist and Head of IgnitED Labs, and we're picking up where we left off to talk about the technology selected for the spaces, and the role students play in the labs.For more on the IgnitED Labs, visit: ignitedlabs.education.asu.eduTech mentioned in this episode:Oculus Rift: www.oculus.comSphero: www.sphero.comMerge Cube: www.mergeedu.com/cubeQuestions or comments? Send us an email: sliceofpi@asu.edu 

#EduDuctTape S02-E043 In the Season 2 Finale Episode, I share “success stories” from 8 educator listeners. The listeners share about uses of CommonSense Media, Code.org, Dash, Ozobot, Spheros, Shapegrams, Bitmoji, Quizizz, brain science, Google Forms, Choice Boards, WeVideo, Screencastify, Flipgrid, Adobe Spark, Pear Deck, blended learning, EdPuzzle, and HyperDocs, all of which stemmed from episodes of the show.     + the Season 2 Giggle Mix!  #EduDuctTape -- EduDuctTape.com -- @JakeMillerTech -- JakeMiller.net -- JakeMillerTech@gmail.com Support for Today’s Episode comes from Pear Deck - Save your seat at their next webinar today - head to peardeck.com/learn-pear-deck to register! Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers!  Apple Podcast Reviews FlipGrid.com/EduDuctTape #EduDuctTape on social media Telling your friends & colleagues The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ducttapers Stickers! Want to pass some out?  Want some for yourself? JakeMiller.net/SendMeStickers Certificates of Listening, Laughing, and Learning! EduDuctTape.com/certificate Listen to the whole show to hear the “super-secret code”! #EduDuctTape Twitter Chats Access the calendar! - eduducttape.com/podcastcalendar Thanks to The Mighty Ducts! Molly Klodor, Nanci Greene, Pam Inabinett, Sarah Kiefer, Alex Oris, Amy Huckaby, Angela Green, Brandy New, Dan Stitzel, David Allan, Jennifer Conti, Kimberly Wren, Lisa Marie Bennett, Matt Meyer, Melinda Vandevort, Melissa Van Heck! The JakeMillerTech Newsletter - Sign up! jakemiller.net/newsletter Upcoming Events Mentioned in the Show: Best Practices & Tools for Learning in All Settings, with Kent State University - jakemiller.net/KSUJune2020 Indiana Connected Educators Conference - ICEConference.org Teach with Tech Conference - TeachWithTechConference.com Success Story Shares: Amy Huckaby - Flipgrid video - @AmyJHuckaby - CommonSense Media, Code.org (plugged, unplugged), Dash, Ozobot, Spheros, Shapegrams, Bitmoji, equity with guest speakers, Quizizz, brain science, reassessing, Google Forms, Choice Boards, WeVideo, Screencastify, Flipgrid Lee Tucker - Flipgrid video - HS English - Georgia - @ComicSocks - Jared Cooney Horvath’s  Stop Talking, Start Influencing Episodes referenced - Jared Cooney Horvath Lester Dinerstein - Flipgrid video - Joe & Kristin Merrill, Jon Corippo, Screencastify, adding audio cues for edits, WeVideo, Adobe Spark, Adobe Spark + Flipgrid, #FlipgridLIVE Episodes referenced - Joe & Kristin Merrill, Jon Corippo Michelle Smith - Flipgrid video - Stacey Roshan, Matt Miller, Pear Deck Episodes referenced - Stacey Roshan, Matt Miller  Sarah Kiefer - Flipgrid video - Manny Curiel, WeVideo, John Kline, @kiefersj, techyoucando.com  Episode referenced - Manny Curiel Vicki Heupel - Flipgrid video - @33heupel, Catlin Tucker, blended learning, EdPuzzle, https://sites.google.com/view/heupel Episode referenced - Catlin Tucker Laura Lavery - Flipgrid video - @technologylaura, Quizizz with teacher-created teacher memes (Jake’s post on this) Episode Referenced - Remote Learning Part 2 Patrick Hausammann - Flipgrid video - @phausedu - Apps Days - relationship-building HyperDocs - also, @MrPStrunk - http://bit.ly/SH-AppsDay Sound Effects in today’s episode: https://freesound.org/people/13FPanska_Stranska_Michaela/sounds/378394/

You can blend old fashioned relationships with modern edtech if you know how. Teacher Dustin Harnish proves it. Dustin Harnish teaches seventh-grade social studies with Spheros, 3d printing, and engaging activities. But he uses far more than technology to engage students. Listen all the way to the end to learn how he ends his school year with a powerful bang! Let's engage kids and use edtech. We can reach kids! www.coolcatteacher.com/e621 Dustin Harnish - Bio as Submitted Dustin Harnish is a seventh grade Social Studies teacher for the Troy School District in Troy Michigan. His educational interest is to create a highly innovative classroom that maximizes student engagement. Through thirteen years teaching, he has had stops in the Chicagoland area and Southeast Michigan creating empathetic learning environments for all his students. Twitter: @MrDustinHarnish  

Jenkins and Alfred are under attack! The kids are playing with their mini Spheros.

In this special CS Week episode of the METC Podcast, we talk with Garrett Gross about Sphero and coding. Garrett shares a ton of awesome information about how you could use Spheros within your classroom! This is a very flexible resource that he uses with ages 4-14. It can be integrated into just about anything if you put your mind to it! Don’t believe us? Check the resources linked below for all of the awesome ways that Garrett is using them with his students. Also check the links to Sphero lesson ideas. Connect with Garrett and keep an eye on his Twitter feed for additional ideas!   Episode Guest: Garrett Gross - Technology Teacher & Coordinator - St. Mary School - @ggTechTeacher   Episode Resources: Complete Show Notes with pictures and descriptions https://edu.sphero.com/cwists/category Hashtags to Follow: #BeyondCode #SPRK #Sphero #SpheroBOLT #SpheroHero Sphero Education Homepage

Here’s a quick summary of what all of these amazing ITCs shared!   Peggi Knight – Leesylvania ES Use YouTube in Internet Explorer Add “ss” before youtube in a URL to download “www.ssyoutube...”   Semi Tseggai – Kyle Wilson ES One-to-one with laptops and tablets Smart tables Green Screen and stop motion animation OneNote   Netia Elam – Bull Run MS Hybrid and Digital Breakouts using Google For more on how to create your own hybrid breakout session, you can check out SRN 20171800110257 in the ERO!   Brooke Levecchi – Bellmont ESand Kerrydale ES One-to-One with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Using 365 products   Sarah Willey – Henderson ES Collaboration with Wixie and VoiceThread   Cheryl Phillips – Saunders MS PowerPoint   Sara Ross – Covington Harper ES Microsoft Teams for Science Interactive Notebooks   Cynthia McFadden – Mullen ES Coding Club   Sean Ward – Antietam ES & Valaina Maher – Bennett ES Give little kids a chance! They will amaze you with what they can do!   Carrie Gahagan – Osbourn Park HS Classroom app on iPads Collaboration Space   Jim Sample Westridge ES Wixie for miniature stores   Sheryl Roberts – Vaughn ES BeBots, Ozmos, and Spheros for Title 1 Reading Night Online Coding Course together   Joy Moller – Victory ES Escape Rooms   Katie Fielding – Woodbridge SHS Digital Citizenship Nights   Leanne Thomas -Mary Williams ES One-to-One with laptops or tablets   Michelle Dunphy – Fitzgerald ES FlipGrid   Jeanie Ingram – Garfield HS Digital Breakouts using OneNote   Marsha Jeans – Enterprise ES and King ES Coding for kids and staff Ozobots and Osmos Scratch Jr   Vickie Dunlap – Hampton MS Google Expeditions If you’re interested, you can request a visit at this link   Gail Charnick – Swan’s Creek ES Wixie   Michelle Elliott – Kilby ES and Terry Guiffre – Mountain View ES Teams Patent/trademark office with 3d printing, IP for apps, Scratch Digital Breakout Sessions – Register to attend in the ERO with SRN   As always, if you are attempting to earn recertification point, please fill out this form

Javeria is a Digital Marketing Manager and has over seven years of experience in Information Technology field. She has been volunteering as a judge for VEX Robotics since 2016 and has participated as a lead champion for a coding group for children through Techpoint’s program called CoderDojo46038. She successfully ran this program for over a year. She also organized events at the Apple store, where kids learned how to code using Spheros and Swift. She was also provided an official letter of support and curriculum by Hopscotch app team. She was nominated as one of Indy’s Best and Brightest top ten finalists in technology for 2016. IBM Watson is her passion, she has been following the technology for over three years now and has worked with Watson Analytics and Blue Mix. She delivered presentations about IBM Watson in April, 2016 at Iron Yard Coding Academy and at Amegala Indy.Code() conference to introduce the audience about cognitive abilities of Watson. She is also the owner and founder of the first ever Artificial Intelligence Meetup in Indiana called Ready for AI. In her spare time, Javeria’s interests include reading and assisting in restoring search and rescue mission choppers for IASAR. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javeriamasood/

Jack Perrin is not your typical science teacher.“I really love hands on stuff,” he told me last month when I visited him in White Salmon, Washington. “If kids can use their hands, learning goes a lot deeper.”Perrin was my science and math teacher all through grade and high school at a small private school in the Western Colorado town of Paonia. He caught my attention right away, when he introduced a course titled 'bubble-ology' to my second grade class. By the time I was in high school, his lessons had evolved in a more athletic way: we would pop off to Utah for a week of backpacking, learning how to start a fire with flint or cook pasta inside a sleeping bag. “I think for me, teaching has always been about relationships,” he says. “Paying attention to the relationship made it possible for us to do a lot of things that we wouldn't have been able to do if I just regarded you as the girl that takes math from me one period a day.” Perrin grew up in Portland and moved back to the Northwest to be near family a couple of years ago. Besides his part time job teaching science at White Salmon High School, he runs the Gorge Makerspace, a workshop currently housed in the basement of the youth center in White Salmon.The center picks kids up from school every day and gives them a place to play and do homework until their parents get off work. On Tuesdays, Perrin opens up the Makerspace and facilitates different activities that any of the kids can participate in. They've done everything from puppetry classes and sticker-making to building marble runs. Last summer, a small group of pre-teens wielding hammers built a clubhouse in the youth center yard.On a recent Tuesday, Jack had a group of kids, ages 7-11, working with Spheros—little spherical robots that look like pool balls come to life, or the droid BB8 from Star Wars without the head. Perrin was interested in how the kids could hack the basic robots, challenging them to build a carriage that they could attach to the Spheros.The game was to transport plastic pandas, via robot, across an obstacle course and back to the zoo. The students were using cardboard and recycled yogurt containers to construct their wagons. There were hot glue guns and electric cardboard cutting saws, and everyone wanted to work with the drills and power tools. “It's a little more funner,” said 11-year-old Rosalinda about creating at Makerspace versus her school classes. “We get to cut things, more sharper things, we get to learn how to use [tools].” Getting tools in the hands of kids is a big part of what Perrin does.“I think the message kids get at public school is: you don't know what you are doing, you're not any good, what's wrong with you,” he says. “I want every kid to feel like they can do something well, and they can feel good about what they do.”The Gorge Makerspace is getting a new home. They are expanding into the Bethel Church across Main Street from their current home. The larger space will allow Perrin to put together a more extensive class list, including spring break and summer camps, and some Saturday camps for all ages. Perrin plans to keep expanding and helping kids continue to keep on creating, and to never, ever, stop learning.

Morgan Allen (@captain_morgan) spoke with us about Sphero and Node.JS. This is all not-so-secretly a discussion of the BB8 robot. Correction: Despite Elecia's repeated insistence that these are steppers, she's just wrong. The motors are DC which only makes sense in a consumer product. More details on this in a later episode. BB8s from Amazon (probably won't arrive until next year) More info on Elecia's teardown and talk: embedded.fm/hddg  The BB8 toy is based on Sphero (buy). They have an open SDK and a wonderful education program. Check out the clear SPRK (buy). It also has a teach-your-kids-to-program app that is pretty neat (but doesn't seem to work with BB8 yet). Morgan has been involved with NodeBots (@nodebotsSF). They use Node.js (wiki) to send Bluetooth serial commands to Spheros. Their issues list is where new meetups are posted. Johnny-Five is also a popular way to do computer based robotics with an Arduino (or other dev board) as a hardware intermediary. IPFS: Distributed file system ESPruino is a Javascript board. People's Open: Free Wireless Internet and Local Network in Oakland, California. Also in Oakland, check out Sudo Room hackerspace.