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Coding platforms offer virtual programming services where children can learn code through games

Coding and robotics can help students develop critical skills for success after high school--here are some resources for the classroom

Given the opportunity to practice using a surgical robotic device in their school, students at Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah, jumped at the opportunity and surpassed expectations as several earned nearly perfect practice scores on the sophisticated operation tool. 

"Kids nowadays have the advantage of reinventing their education with the help of STEM learning. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths come together to form a strong foundation for kids to learn and grow on par with the latest developments around them.

The use of robotics in class, for instance, has proven to be an effective stepping stone for kids to learn more about technology and wide-ranging applications as well as to prepare them for future jobs."

Prolific science and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) developed the Three Laws of Robotics, in the hope of guarding against potentially dangerous artificial intelligence. Jonathan Bartlett, Brendan Dixon, and Eric Holloway discuss what went wrong.

Teaching robotics in the classroom can teach students the STEM skills needed for the future job market. Learn how robotics is the engagement tool teachers are looking for.

"Social robots can be used as tutors or peer students in education. They have been shown to be effective in increasing cognitive and affective outcomes and have achieved results similar to those of restricted tasks in human tutoring. By impacting on pre-existing economic and social structures, robotics has the potential to drastically alter societies."

Talking machines and companion robots were everywhere at the CES 2019 tech convention in the United States

"Using robots to teach real-world skills may be a strange concept, but is it worth exploring? We think so and here’s why."

Learning to work with robotics can give elementary preservice teachers skills for all of the subjects they will teach

In Idaho, placing robots in libraries is a playful, hands-on strategy to introduce families to key foundational concepts that create strong learning supports for young children

Conventional classrooms can become stagnant--but robots can boost engagement, participation, and a sense of community

"Not every kindergartner can boast that she helped build a robot with high school students. But this is exactly what Kate Sample did, at the age of five, when her parents became actively involved in the FIRSTⓇ (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) program at the high school in their small Kansas town."

Repeating the same tasks over and over, while valuable, does not require cognitive technology, machine learning, or anything within the spectrum of AI. 2019 is the year the market finally realizes that RPA has nothing to do with AI.

The robots can take available materials and build new tools out of them based on various situations.

Moving cardboard boxes around a warehouse might seem simple to a human, but it actually involves a variety of tasks machines still find pretty difficult.

"Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are essential to success at university and in later life. However, the traditional classroom model has done a poor job of imparting these skills to students. The way children have learned in the classroom for generations has focused on lectures and worksheets. Past generations would depend on group sports, clubs and teenage jobs to impart these vital skills onto students."

Three teachers share their thoughts and experiences on implementing coding and robots in early education.