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Best Buy School Tech Grant

ECVS coding and Robotics classes work with Micro;bits and Scratch to learn about block coding and our STEAM class focuses more on design and building challenges and using the Engineering Design Process to work their way through a problem and find a functional solution. A few times this year we have had both of these classes mentor younger students and were pleased to see how well they did. The older kids took ownership of the lessons they prepared and flourished while teaching younger students. We do not have many elementary students engaged in coding yet and I am hoping expanding this idea of “STEM Buddies” to involve them will help, over time, build a stronger foundation and get more kids coding and working with technology. We will set up a student-designed program where junior high students will chose an elementary curricular outcome and weave technology in to bring it to life and get younger kids hooked on coding and design thinking!