Toy robots are nothing new. In the 1980s, the R2D2-like Tomy Verbot or the clunky Milton Bradley Big Trak let kids program their movements or actions using voice commands or a keypad. The marketing ...

My five- and seven-year-old constantly fight over who gets the iPad first. We have one, and they get to use it in tiny doses, usually when I'm at my wit's end. Their favorite app? ScratchJr, MIT's ...

When our school shut down in March, initially, it was for a two-week period. I thought, “Well, this isn’t too bad, we can do a few coding activities from Code.org or maybe put together some Google ...

At Everett Public Schools, we’ve always had a robotics team at the elementary and secondary levels. Last year we were up to 50 robotics teams within the FIRST organization. During the shutdown, we ...

At Fort Knox, Kentucky, students in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools are diving into robotics and coding, gaining skills that prepare them for a fast-changing, tech-driven ...

Local robotics teams are flourishing with several planning a run for a state championship. It’s the robotics program at Central Middle School’s inaugural year and two of their teams, the Central ...