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April 23, 2026

Teachers & Students: Imagining the Future of Technology
  1. Get a tablet and go to WYAW. Complete the attendance.

  2. Some fabulous digital stories from your peers. Confetti compliments.......

  3. STATIONS
    Spheros
    MergeCubes
    1. Next, log into Sphero with your class code: FBCX7A and choose your name

    2. Explore the DRAW program option.

    3. Run the programs for the class from the SpheroEdu class site

    4. Using the handout, create and run the example programs.

    5. Play bumper cars (cups and red fuzzies) or tag (your Sphero is RED if you are "it").
    1. Get an iPad and explore AR (augmented reality) on the mergecubes and using the Merge apps on the tablets.

    2. Look for interactive simulations that match your classroom teaching or interests.

    Goosechase
    Mostly Littles
    1. Get with your team and finish as many missions as possible in the time you are given.
    1. Explore the iPad apps for the OSMO (e.g., Monster)

    2. See how the Cubetto works for coding for our youngest learners

RESOURCES O' THE DAY:

A Great Educational Coding Website
https://www.codeforlife.education/

Top Coding Websites for Kids
https://codakid.com/top-21-kids-coding-websites-of-all-time/

10 Free Coding Games Websites for Teaching Programming Skills
https://childhood101.com/coding-for-kids/

Hour of Code
https://hourofcode.com/us

Why teach robotics in schools?
https://blog.robotiq.com/7-reasons-to-teach-robotics-at-school

Computational Thinking Competencies
https://www.iste.org/standards/computational-thinking

Computational Thinking Teacher Resources (RICH RESOURCE)
https://id.iste.org/docs/ct-documents/ct-teacher-resources_2ed-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=2

A Comprehensive List of Coding Resources
https://mommypoppins.com/coding-kids-free-websites-teach-learn-programming

Videos on Computational Thinking and Coding:

Computational thinking: A digital age skill for everyone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFcUgSYyRPg&t=1s

Other Videos from ISTE
https://www.youtube.com/user/istevideos/search?query=computational+thinking

A Fabulous and Free Coding Website for Kids from MIT - Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted

Sphero

Overview of Sphero for Teachers from the Company
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0306/6419/6141/files/SpheroEdu-k12-teacher-resource-guide.pdf?v=1585146735

Teacher's Guide
https://dmmedia.sphero.com/email-marketing/Sphero-Edu/SpheroEdu-k12-teacher-resource-guide-v1_updated050818.pdf

A list of Sphero Challenges from a classroom teacher in Georgia