The need for K-12 students to not just understand the high-tech world around them but what makes it work is an essential and largely missing element of the top academic focuses of education. To celebrate Computer Science Education Week, FIRSTtv will host an Hour of Code activity on December 12.
In this blog post from Modern Teaching Aids, we look at Dash & Dot and explore some engaging coding activities to use in the classroom.
Using the Dash and the Blockly App with 1st Graders I have enjoyed the using the Path app with my Kindergarteners, but feel like it would be limiting to my 1st graders. I decided to go ahead and try using the Blockly app with 1st grade-5th grade students. I knew...
My son has really taken a liking to coding this past year. He has been playing around on the Scratch website a ton since getting this book Coding for Kids set a while back. He also learned a
We had some pretty special friends join us in our home for Christmas. Their names are Dash and Dot and they are programmable robots for kids created by the Wonder Workshop (I received free product and
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Bowling with Dash! Have you ever seen a robot bowl? Well I have and here's how it all started! Right after Christmas, I was strolling through Target, and stumbled upon a child's plastic bowling set on clearance. Thoughts of using Dash to hit the bowling ball popped into my head...
***THIS LESSON HAS BEEN UPDATED. THE DICE ARE NOW MATS TO PRINT AND USE WITH ACTUAL DICE. SEE THE END OF THE POST FOR THE RESOURCES*** Today was my first full day of exploring Dash and Dot the Wonder Workshop robots with my students in grades K-5. It was a...
Wondering about kids' intro to coding and Dash & Dot robots (made by Wonder Workshop)? Here's a basic overview of the 4 apps & features Dash & Dot use.
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Dash and Dot robots were created by Wonder Workshop to help kids learn the basics of coding. Wonder Workshop makes learning to code meaningful and fun for children.
