Tag Archives: Learning

Putting the A in STEM

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This month’s ‘Education Technology’ magazine features a great article which focuses on putting the A in STEM. A panel of experts are asked: ‘What are schools and universities doing to emphasise the important connection between STEAM and the arts?’ and Raising Robots’ John Pinkney contributes to the article by discussing the need to unlock students’ […]

‘Little Miss Inventor’ to be launched in March 2018!

Little Miss Inventor - ‘Little Miss Inventor’ to be launched in March 2018!

The Raising Robots office is buzzing with excitement about recent news that the ‘Little Miss’ and ‘Mr Men’ children’s book series have created an awesome female engineer character to help tackle gender stereotypes. Let’s get ready to meet: ‘Little Miss Inventor’! The author and illustrator, Adam Hargreaves, intends for the latest addition to the collection […]

A 21st Century approach to learning

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Great article about the learning power of LEGO Mindstorms EV3 at innovatemyschool “We’ve all come to appreciate that technology will play a significant role in the careers and workforces of the future. However, we’re yet to see how this will manifest in practice, so preparing today’s children for their future by arming them with transferrable and […]