V5 Engineering VEXcode V5 Text — ProgrammingVEXcode V5 Blocks VEXcode IQ Blocks Looking for some tips for your competition robot? We’ve added a lot of new articles that cover some V5 Sensors, as well as… Read More »VEX Rewind: December Recap
In January of 2016, then-President Barack Obama addressed the changing demands of the 21st-century economy, and identified computer science as the “new basic skill required of contemporary students.” To meet the challenge of his time,… Read More »3 Ways to Celebrate CS Edu Week!
We’ve added two new STEM Labs during the month of November. Both STEM Labs are for the VEX IQ Robot. Testbed – VEX IQ SensorsGrabberCumulative Pacing Guide The Testbed – VEX IQ Sensors STEM Lab… Read More »VEX Rewind: November Recap
At VEX, our vision is to achieve Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) literacy for all VEX students, teachers, and parents. STEM literacy includes hands-on and engaging ways to teach science and engineering principles. It… Read More »Innovation and Iteration: VEX students and teachers are creators of technology
We have all probably seen stories of high school athletes receiving dozens of offer letters from college programs. These stories often contain examples of college recruiters writing letters to prospective athletes. Any college coach will… Read More »Dear Parents: 3 tips for ‘recruiting’ parent advocates for your robotics class
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 new tool that is so… Read More »Why Teach Robotics? New research published by CMU
The skills required for today’s workforce are changing dramatically. Increasingly, workers are being asked to deal with new information, solve unstructured problems, and have strong interpersonal skills (OECD, 2016). Schools have responded to this challenge… Read More »Collaborative Problem Solving in the Classroom
Just when you thought STEM couldn’t get any bigger, The New York Times recently identified the acronym and all it stands for, as the national priority in education. With proficiency in STEM hailed as vital… Read More »STEM Solutions that Work
In that letter, Bezos says, It is rare to maintain that level of excitement and idealism, rendering the “it is always Day 1″ sentiment as much a challenge as it is a slogan, and a… Read More »It’s Always Day 1
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… Read More »Teaching Creativity
