REVIEW – If you’ve ever seen those test videos of Spot, the robot “dog” created by Boston Dynamics, you know how equally exciting and terrifying the idea of a robot dog actually is. It’s cute to watch Spot prance around and right itself after an annoying human tries to knock it over, but it all …
Petoi Bittle Open Source Robot Dog review – Build and program your own four-legged-friend! Read More
REVIEW: Elecrow Industries has created four children’s STEM toy sets. I’m digging into the Explorer Kit for 8+ year olds with assistance from my visiting resident grandson, PB. I’ll also report on one of the kits that has projects that require coding, the Inventor Kit. What is it Crowbits are Science Technology Engineering & Math …
REVIEW – Computer programming is often hard for young students to appreciate with abstract assignments. It is also historically less compelling for girls because of stereotypes and influence from peers. The imagiLabs imagiCharm is a fashion accessory that makes Python programming tangible and sharable. I have one to review. Read on to see what I think! …
imagiLabs imagiCharm review – A programmable charm for kids Read More
NEWS – In honor of Pi day (3/14), Piper has just launched a drag-and-drop coding platform for the new Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller called Piper Make. This programming platform is completely free of charge and is easily accessible right from your browser from any computer including Chromebooks! Piper Make has been designed to be used …
Celebrate Pi day with some sweet Raspberry Pi Pico code Read More
NEWS – Kano is a company that knows how to make products that will delight kids (and adults) while also helping them learn important STEM skills. Their newest products is the Star Wars The Force™ Coding Kit. The Star Wars The Force™ Coding Kit comes with everything needed for your child to learn the ways …
Kano helps kids learn to program by channeling The Force Read More
NEWS – Earlier this week, Piper launched a new DIY game controller kit called the Piper Command Center. The Piper Command Center is a build-it-yourself video game controller kit for kids ages 13 and up that teaches them how to build their own game controller. The kit comes with everything you need for assembly and …
The Piper Command Center is a gaming controller your child can build and program Read More
NEWS – Makers, home automation hobbyists, or anyone who loves a good DIY challenge should take a look at the Touch Encoder by Grayhill, who recently celebrated 75 years of innovation. Grayhill products can be found in everything from custom projects to switches running through any modern jet cockpit and this new easy to program …
REVIEW – Have you ever wanted to learn to program/code? Or maybe you have a young child who wants to write their own programs. The Computer Touch Kit from Kano will not only help you learn the fundamentals of programming, but it will let you do that learning on a touchscreen computer that you build yourself. …
NEWS – Kano who produces a variety of STEM kits for kids (and adults) to learn to build their own computers and learn to code have partnered with Warner Brothers to offer the Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit. This kit allows kids to build their own wand and then use it to control onscreen objects …
Use the magic of Harry Potter to learn programming Read More
Have you ever tried to teach yourself a new language using just a book? You can progress just so far before you need to talk to someone who is fluent in the language. Learning to program computers is that way, too. You’re learning a language with which you can tell the computer what to do. …
Edabit – the easiest way to learn to program #Sponsored Read More
Remember when the most sophisticated item in the classroom was a calculator and maybe a computer with a CD-ROM? Those days are long gone. But it’s not just about bringing devices and Windows 10 into the classroom anymore, Microsoft has been rethinking how we use technology to encourage our kids to learn. Here are 4 …
New Minecraft hour of code tutorial + 4 ways Microsoft is changing the way our kids learn Read More
Before receiving Cubetto, the thought of teaching computer programming to our young boys, ages four and six, never crossed our minds. Even though I am an engineer, I had not yet considered how to give them some basic tools that would perk their interest in STEM subjects, specifically computers. Our kids are as efficient as any …
New from No Starch Press: Coding iPhone Apps for Kids A Playful Introduction to Swift by Gloria Winquist and Matt McCarthy. This book teaches children and adults to code in Apple’s free beginner-friendly programming language called Swift. This 336-page book full-color book is a fun guide that will explain the building blocks of app programming, …
Coding iPhone Apps for Kids – New from No Starch Press Read More
SNL’s Amy Poehler and her Smart Girls organization have teamed up with Lenovo to use gaming as a vehicle to help teach kids (boys and girls) to learn to program for free. Lenovo’s Game State site allows kids to learn code development at their own pace while having fun at the same time. To advance …
Comedic actress Amy Poehler and Lenovo join forces to teach kids to program Read More
It’s no big mystery why kids (and adults) enjoy playing video games. Duh, it’s because they are fun! What if kids (and adults) could easily create their own games and learn something in the process? Bloxels can make that happen. Bloxels is a kid-friendly video game creation platform where kids (and even adults) use a …
Bloxels help kids or YOU make video games with a tablet and blocks Read More