This weekend, we had the opportunity to share our concept with a middle school teacher (who also happens to be my cousin). As we spoke to her, we realized that our dream to reach kids from K-12 might be a little harder than we first thought. The problem? How to appeal to the pre-teen. It’s …
We recently finished our first class and I’ve finally gotten around to collecting the most creative and photogenic of the creations! The kids came up with some very interesting objects over the course of the class. Some ideas came from instructions, others were pure inspiration. All of them were cool. Enjoy, JJ [slickr-flickr tag=”2010 spring …
When JJ and I first started working on the Capital Robot Club and talking to parents of kids involved, we began to believe we had stumbled upon something special. We live in a nice Northern Virginia suburb of Washington DC and send our first grader to public school in Fairfax County, one of the best …
Last Thursday marked the completion of the first season of The Capital Lego Robot Club. Lisa, my spouse and occasional business partner, and I had tentatively decided to take the after-school-robot concept and expand it to more school districts, but we were also waiting for more formal feedback before emotionally committing ourselves. The feedback was …
Just Finished the First Season – Feedback was Good – Getting Ready for Next Five Years. Read More »
So what is going on with Everybody Does Robots? Other than finishing up our first class (just two more sessions), I’m scheming about how to scale our efforts. I want to bring engineering confidence and competence to the kids of America, starting with the Kindergarteners. Ok – America is big, so how can I spread …
Operating Vision: Bringing social media to after-school education programs Read More »
Last night we held the third gathering of the Capital Lego Robot Club. It is an educational organization I started for K – 3rd graders, mainly for the benefit of my six year old son and for me, because I love robots. I was inspired by usfirst.org. We use Lego educational kits and emphasize lots, …
EverybodyLovesRobots.org was born this day, 29 April, 2010. Ponderous. Momentous. Ominous. You can read more about our mission.
