Eduporium Blog

  1. Eduporium Experiment | Robotics Smart Machines Pt. 2

    Eduporium Experiment | Robotics Smart Machines Pt. 2
    Thames & Kosmos is known—at least throughout our office—as a company that perfectly combines technology, construction, and just about every STEM discipline. They have a number of hands-on kits that help kids learn the basics of solar energy, coding, atoms, and a ton more. This week, we dove into their Robotics Smart Machines Kit.
  2. Your Chance to Win FREE EdTech All Summer Long!

    Your Chance to Win FREE EdTech All Summer Long!
    With one quick sign-up, you could have the opportunity to win $100 worth of STEM, maker, and PBL tools to help revamp your classroom, library, or makerspace (or make it pop even more)! Our daily trivia contest is continuing all summer long with a new chance to win $100 to the Eduporium store every single night! Sign up to get
  3. New Teacher Resources from the Let's Start Coding Team

    New Teacher Resources from the Let's Start Coding Team
    Coding is an extremely large topic in modern education and has enormous implications on the futures of today’s students. As the flood of coding toys, tools, and websites out there continue to expand, we chatted with Weston Hagan, Director at Let’s Start Coding, about connecting coding with more of today’s existing academic standards when building a new product.
  4. Eduporium Weekly | 5 Low-cost Tech Tools for this School Year

    Eduporium Weekly | 5 Low-cost Tech Tools for this School Year
    It can be overwhelming when trying to find a technologies that are affordable, have longevity, and an easy learning curve. It’s not even that there are not enough like this out there. It’s that there are now too many. We’ve got you covered with five affordable EdTech tools to take into your classroom to start the new school year.
  5. Programming Video Games Is A Piece Od Cake With Bloxels Kits

    Programming Video Games Is A Piece Od Cake With Bloxels Kits
    Coding is too tough for kids. There’s nothing to simulate what it’s actually like. I’d rather have students learn the theory than the practice. These are some of the things that Bloxels, the video game building kit, helps put to rest. With this interactive tool, students as young as 7 can create their own video games using authentic construction.
  6. Eduporium Experiment | Kano Bundle with Screen

    Eduporium Experiment | Kano Bundle with Screen
    The Kano team now has a bundled kit complete with a screen and we put that to the test in our office for this edition of the Eduporium Experiment. Just following the instructions was enough because the included illustrations are very clear and easy to follow. I didn’t have to Google anything or spend any extra time pulling up YouTube
  7. Differentiated Instruction Makes a Difference

    Differentiated Instruction Makes a Difference
    The fact is that not all students learn in the same ways. Some are visual learners. Others need to hear things multiple times before it sticks. And, still others require a hands-on component so they can learn by doing. There is no wrong way when it comes to students’ learning style preferences and 21st century teachers have taken notice of
  8. Raise the Bar with the Oculus Rift VR Bundle

    Raise the Bar with the Oculus Rift VR Bundle
    VR can send students to new environments, to landmarks they’ve never seen before, and to sites they’d otherwise never be able to explore. And, that’s just what a basic viewer is capable of doing. Bring the incredible capabilities of the Oculus Rift VR Bundle into the conversation and it becomes a whole new ballgame.
  9. Eduporium Experiment | DIY Gamer Kit

    Eduporium Experiment | DIY Gamer Kit
    In 21st century education, much has been made about game-baed learning and its place in the classroom. Some educators and learning experts have questioned its legitimacy as a teaching approach while others have embraced it and used it effectively. Now, students also have the opportunity to create their own games!
  10. What We Can Do to Get More Girls In STEM

    What We Can Do to Get More Girls In STEM
    It’s incredibly discouraging, but, for one reason or another, women have not always had the same opportunities when it comes to STEM careers as men. To provide girls with the opportunities they deserve, educators have to get them interested from the onset. Whether it’s during the school day or during the summer, girls need more opportunities.

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