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Category Archives: Technology
EV3 iPad App
LEGO Education has released a free iPad app for EV3. I was fortunate to be able to do some curriculum consulting work on this project. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lego-education-mindstorms/id959374369?mt=8
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Review of Elementary Robotics
My book got a nice review on LegoEngineering.com http://www.legoengineering.com/elementary-robotics-book-review/
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The Power of Wireless Projector Connection
This is a real incident from a study I just completed that compared teacher use of technology with and without wireless projection systems. I found that these systems changed the spatial arrangements in the classroom as well as the reach … Continue reading
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Space Challenge Ready To Go
My enrichment students have finished building all the LEGO EV3 Space Challenge pieces and are ready to take on the challenge missions!
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Timeline
I want to plot kid’s engineering design process cycles but don’t know how to get EXCEL to combine events of the same type on the same line. For the example below, I want the 2 PLAN events to be on … Continue reading
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Elementary Robotics Book Talk – June 19, 2014 – Meekins Library, Williamsburg
Author’s Talk John Heffernan Elementary Robotics: Sustaining the Natural Engineering Instincts of Children Thursday, June 19, 2014 7 PM to 8 PM 2 Williams Street, Williamsburg, MA 01341 413-268-7472 Toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners are natural engineers. They love sand castles, … Continue reading
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Burglar Alarm Trap
Here’s a recent grade 4 burglar alarm model. The burglar is detected by a motion sensor, a trap is lowered, and the police arrest the burglar.
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Hack Issue Fixed
The spam issue when posts on this site were accessed by RSS readers has been fixed. Google is still marking the site as being possibly compromised. That should be addressed soon. My WordPress site hosted by godaddy.com was hit with … Continue reading
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Sample Lesson Plan – Grade 2 Robotic Amusement Park Ride Challenge
I am in the process of finishing my Elementary Engineering with Robotics book. I am now finishing all the lesson plans. Here is a sample lesson that will be in the book. Note that the standards alignment will be in … Continue reading
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LEGO WeDo Vehicle Challenge
I needed another open ended challenge for a grade 3 class that wanted to do another project this year. A couple of second graders made a car for the amusement park challenge this year (see below) so I thought I … Continue reading
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