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Edison ProgrammingEdison is a programmable robot designed to be a complete STEM teaching resource for coding and robotics education for students from 4 to 16 years of age. Edison helps deliver meaningful computational thinking, computer programming and 21st-century education in an engaging, hands-on way. Designed for the classroom environment, Edison robots are durable, have no loose parts to manage, and thanks to their compact size, are easy to store. Edison works right out of the box, fully pre-built with all sensors ready to use. There’s no software to install or manage, making it easy to use Edison with different device types and platforms, including laptops, Chromebooks and tablets.
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Digital CitizenshipStudents will follow Common Sense Media's curriculum to learn about digital citizenship. Digital Citizenship covers topics on cyber security, cyber-bullying, gender stereotypes, strategic searching, digital footprints and much more. They will also use Google's Be Internet Awesome curriculum Interland is an adventure-packed online game that makes learning about digital safety and citizenship interactive and fun—just like the Internet itself. Here, kids will help their fellow Internauts combat badly behaved hackers, phishers, oversharers, and bullies by practicing the skills they need to be good digital citizens.
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CodingStudents learn basics of coding and participate in several coding tutorials. Coding is also an essential skill that helps refine a students design, logic and problem-solving abilities.
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Google Drive: Docs, Slides, Sheets, FormsStudents also learn word processing by using the Google Suite that is an online based word processor. Google Drive allows for collaborative learning in which more than one student can work simultaneously on a document, presentation, spreadsheet or form.
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KeyboardingStudents will practice typing and increase their typing speed as well as their posture by using two websites for practice. Typing is an essential skill to be part of the digital world.
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