Andy Larmand

Creative kids now have a line of all-new littleBits kits they can work with for all STEM projects. Designed to facilitate active invention and increase their engagement, these newer kits enable children to construct a bunch of cool contraptions! The Base Inventor Kit, Electronic Music Inventor Kit, and also the Space Rover Kit plus the littleBits app are perfect for

As some teachers may know, the fall season means cooler weather, longer days, and all the EdTech conferences you can handle. Since we see so many educators at conferences during the months of October and November, we would not be surprised if you already knew that. And, yes, we are going to be at a lot of conferences in the

From now through Oct. 31, anybody who makes a purchase of $1,000 or more from our store and uses the coupon code 3DOODLER at checkout will receive a FREE 3Doodler Create 3D printing Pen. This is a great opportunity to increase MakerEd possibilities and expand educational innovation for all students involved!

We have another EdTech grant awardee! We’re pleased to announce the recipient of September’s $500 EdTech grant is Scott Donnelly from Carnegie Elementary School in Carnegie, PA! Scott is committed to creating a true 21st century classroom for his students and will soon be able to add some Ozobot kits into the mix thanks to his award!

Among the changes that have taken place in education over the last few years, perhaps one of the largest and most significant ones has been the emergence of computer science. Some districts require students to take computer science courses and plenty of others make sure they get at least some exposure to it through electives or afterschool clubs.

Codecademy has top-notch online coding classes for students of all ages and skill levels. With structured curriculum and immediate feedback, it’s no surprise that 45 million students use Codecademy for CS education. Their hook is if you can read, you can code, which underscores the importance of coding and eases students’ minds.

This week, we’re taking the Eduporium Weekly in a slightly different direction and highlighting some of the best teacher blog posts that we’ve seen in the last year or two. We’re lucky to have (kind of) become a part of a fantastic online teacher community and love all of the content on sites like We Are Teachers, Edutopia, and more.

Microbric, the creators of the Edison Robot, recently released a new programming language for Edison known as EdScratch! With EdScratch, which is based on MIT’s Scratch language, students can practice drag-and-drop programming with a lot of functionality and we’re here to make sure you know about it and encourage you to give it a try!

This week as part of our Rising Resources blog, we’re introducing you to the highly teacher-oriented site, You for Youth. This website was created for educators to discover the resources and gain the knowledge they need to manage their 21st CCLC (century community learning center) program and make it the best after school experience possible.

We talked about a lot of these skills in last week’s Eduporium Weekly and now we are going to be discussing some of the ways they might be put to use. Jobs of the future could range anywhere from drone pilot to virtual reality creator. We simply don’t know what exactly lies ahead, but can do some things to help