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Emerge Podcast: Beth Davis

The Pittsburgh Technology Council and Robomatter are partnering to bring you a unique podcast series, Emerge: Where Tech and Education Connect, exploring the latest trends and insights around STEM...

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Emerge Podcast: LaTrenda Sherrill

The Pittsburgh Technology Council and Robomatter are partnering to bring you a unique podcast series, Emerge: Where Tech and Education Connect, exploring the latest trends and insights around STEM...

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Emerge Podcast: John Davis and David McKenna

The Pittsburgh Technology Council and Robomatter are partnering to bring you a unique podcast series, Emerge: Where Tech and Education Connect, exploring the latest trends and insights around STEM...

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Listen to our New Podcast – Emerge: Where Tech and Education Connect

The Pittsburgh Technology Council and Robomatter are partnering to bring you a unique podcast series, Emerge: Where Tech and Education Connect, exploring the latest trends and insights around STEM...

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Computer Science Education Week

Computer Science (CS) Education week is a great time to think about the challenges and opportunities inherent to teaching Computer Science.  As a relatively new addition to the experience of an...

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Teaching Creativity

When I was a teen, riding in the car with my father was always an adventure. We didn’t have a cell phone, let alone GPS, but even if we did, my father would not have used them. It was as if consulting...

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Book Review: Let There Be Water

When the State of Israel was declared in May of 1948, it faced many challenges. Seth M. Siegel’s book, Let There Be Water tells the story of how Israel, with 60% of its land desert and the rest...

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Robotics Classroom Solutions

The layout of a classroom can have a large impact on not only what is taught, but how. As a result, a question I’ve frequently encountered over the years is, “So how exactly do I set up my robotics...

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Qualify to compete at VEX Worlds with our Virtual Programming Skills Challenge!

Robomatter and the REC Foundation are proud to announce the VEX and VEX IQ Programming Skills Challenge for Robot Virtual Worlds! Test your skills and qualify to compete at the 2019 VEX Worlds! The two...

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To-Do or Not-To-Do?

It’s that time again – schools are welcoming students, the hint of a changing season is in the air, and teachers are spending countless hours doing the myriad of things needed to perfect their...

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New Versions of Robot Virtual Worlds!

The Robot Virtual Worlds team is very excited to announce the latest updates of several of our worlds. This release changes the process for logging in and tracking progress in Robot Virtual Worlds....

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Get Ready, Get Set, Go!

It’s back to school time! That’s quite evident driving past any campus. Band music can be heard wavering across the practice fields filled with athletes practicing for the big game. But if you go into...

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Visible Learning

Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn, by John Hattie and Gregory Yates, is unique because of what it spends so little time discussing: teaching.  A book designed to help teachers and...

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Why Teach Robotics? New research published by CMU

As the presence of Educational Robotics in the classroom increases, so too do the responsibilities and concerns of educators, administrators, parents and students alike. How best can we utilize this...

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Voluntary Summer Reading

Summer Reading has had some controversy recently [i], but the following is not a mandatory reading list.  Instead, these books are some suggestions that I think anyone from the classroom to the...

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You Say You Want a Revolution?

21 years ago, I was hired as a teacher. It was the late 90s, a mere three decades since the advent of international testing of academic achievement. That initiative, as it turns out, became the impetus...

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Physical Models in the Classroom

Look in any child’s room and most likely there will be some sort of blocks or building material piled up somewhere. Wanting to build or create something is a desire that begins at a very early age in...

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Anecdotes of Culture

In her book, Radical Candor. Be a Kick-Ass Boss, Without Losing Your Humanity author Kim Scott relays the story of arriving to her office at Google to find a couch had been moved to a place where it...

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Lessons from Leaders: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

As an educational director in the EdTech world, I spend a lot of time thinking about the future of work, designing solutions with the hopes of preparing students and teachers for an economy of...

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Optimizing Learning through Technology

Today, basic computer literacy is emphasized in almost every school’s educational requirements, but usually as a stand-alone core competency. Using technology goes far beyond imparting basic IT skills,...

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