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littleBits: Electronic Building Blocks for Creating and Inventing

7/21/2018

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littleBits are a platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks that are designed to empower students to create inventions, large and small.  They’re an excellent resource for 3rd - 12th grade students, and can be used to help familiarize kids with basics of circuitry, coding, engineering, and design.  littleBits have been around for the last seven years, and I’ve had the opportunity to use them in K-12 settings as well as with the preservice teachers I work with. 
 
While littleBits offers a collection of great kits, this review will specifically focus on their Droid Inventor Kit, which allows students to create their own Star Wars R2-D2 droid, program it, and send it on various missions.  This kit was originally launched in Sept. 2017, but their team added the coding functionality in April of this year.


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PebbleGo from Capstone: preK-2 Database for Reading and Research, Updated for 2018 - 2019

7/13/2018

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PebbleGo is a research database from Capstone that is designed specifically for K-2 students.  Students at this age are typically just learning how to research, read, and distinguish between fact and opinion, and this resource is designed with that audience in mind.  Overall, it’s also more focused than broader K-5 elementary databases, and is meant to help those students who are just beginning with these skills.  Let’s take a look!


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myON, by Renaissance: Personalized Digital Libraries for preK-12 - Now Updated for 2018-2019

7/12/2018

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myON, by Renaissance is an online, interactive, digital library with over 13,000 books for pre-K to 12th grade students.  Teachers can use myON to assign books, create projects, encourage reading, and assess student growth.  Plus, students can find books based on their own personal interests and ability levels, and they have a large collection of Spanish reading materials as well. It’s a great resource, so let’s check it out!


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DIVE-in Engineering from STEMscopes: An Engaging, Hands-On Engineering Curriculum for Grades 3-8

7/5/2018

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DIVE-in Engineering from Accelerate Learning was built in partnership with the folks at the New York Hall of Science. It was designed to provide 3rd-8th grade students with an engaging, hands-on engineering curriculum that can help turn your classroom into a structured, scaffolded Makerspace. The curriculum provides students with practical, inquiry-based educational experiences that encourage exploration and inspire ingenuity.


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