KinderLab Robotics’ KIBO Makes STEAM Learning Fun

1. KinderLab Robotics’ KIBO Makes STEAM Learning Fun KinderLab Robotics provides educators with innovative robot toys for young children. Designed for kids aged 4-7 years, the company’s KIBO robot kits are the fruit of more than 20 decades of research involving educational technologies. KIBO allows kids to exercise their imaginations and have fun while discovering important scientific concepts like coding. KinderLab Robotics actively works to make STEAM learning easy and fun. Over the past two months (January and February 2018), the KinderLab team organized and participated in events across the United States, including: The 2018 Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando, Fla. 2018 TCEA Convention and Exposition in Austin, Tex. A special KIBO presentation at South Kearns Elementary in Kearns, Utah People interested in checking out KinderLab Robotics’ KIBO educational robot will get numerous opportunities in the coming months. The company’s co-founder and chief scientist, Dr. Marina UmeschiBers, will give the keynote speech at EDUCON2018 at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on April 18th. Dr. Bers will also be a keynote speaker at ISTE 2018 in Chicago, Ill. on June 23rdand supervise the program “Coding as a Playground: ScratchJr + KIBO Robotics” at the Pathfinders Summer Institiute 2018 at Indiana University Bloomington on July 15-20.

2. KinderLab Robotics’ flagship product, the KIBO, is the result of years of research led by Dr. Bers at Tufts University’s Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development. The robot kit is intended for children from Preschool and Kindergarten to the 2nd Grade. Young learners can use the KIBO kits’ programming blocks, motors, wheels on other components to build their own fully functioning robot. KinderLab can provide teachers with curriculum materials that make it easy to bring robotics into the classroom. The KIBO Curriculum integrates: Programming/Computational Thinking Building/Engineering Design Process Curricular Theme Curriculum materials include lessons plans and play-based activities. KinderLab Robotics also offers professional development workshops for educators, technology specialists and program coordinators. For additional information, visit http://kinderlabrobotics.com/