Global STEAM Collaboration Meets Chess Kai’s Clan, in collaboration with EDGEucating, Heidi Williams, MS Robotics, and RoboNation are taking part in the organization of a brand new competition launching in the fall of 2021! We are excited to tell you about the 2021-2022 Global Chess Challenge! Join us for the world’s FIRST-EVER physical and virtual …
Are we teaching students how to debug? This week I’m feeling rather inquisitive and philosophical, which leads to many questions springing into my mind. Now, here’s a paradoxical one: has Google made it too easy for students to give up using their own critical thinking skills to get to an answer, because they know there …
From Russia with Love! I’d like to start today’s blog post off with a big round of applause. At Kai’s Clan, we are so appreciative of teachers that continuously contribute to Kai’s community lessons with their own lessons , so everyone in the community can benefit. An extra big “Kai 5” to the teachers adding to the …
New feature drop – claim your collectables! For decades, there has been evidence that classroom techniques designed to get students to participate in the learning process produce better educational outcomes at virtually all levels. We believe the same, that’s why we continuously roll out new features that we think will help to get students more …
You asked for Python – we are live! Kai’s Clan all-in-one STEAM toolbox just got bigger, much bigger. Currently, we use Blockly code blocks which are great for Elementary and Middle Schools but we got asked more and more to include Python. Here at Kai’s Clan, we aim to make things simple. We made using …
International Education Day 2021 On this day we wanted to celebrate and promote the role of education and thus, the International Day of Education came into existence. The objective of International Education Day is to focus on three main segments, which are: learning heroes, innovations, and financing. The day focuses on topics like providing quality …
Like many companies, we are all reflecting on 2020. We had to come up with different ways to reach our teachers and thanks to software like Zoom and Google Teams we held 300+ online demos and training sessions with teachers and organisations across the globe. We usually attend over 20 conferences during the year but …
Here’s a mini project to enjoy Halloween with Kai’s Clan Dress up your Kai robot. Maybe as a ghost or give them some bat wings. The key is to be SPOOKY! Cut out some bat wings on black paper, or construct them out of cardboard. Just remember: don’t cover their eyes or the QR codes, …
Week 1 – 5 November Create Minecraft Robot Avatars See them come alive in AR Create your favorite Minecraft character and watch them come alive as your robot avatar. Code your robot and Steve will be chasing all the creepers and mobs around the Rescue Run mat. Wherever your robot goes your avatar will move …
We have just returned from the NOPPA teaching and learning Conference in Oamaru. Teacher, Sarah Brown from Weston School invited Kai’s Clan to go and look at their Makerspace, and at the same time, we explored the ideas around their Electric Garden. Let me take you back to 2017, where Papakaio School in rural North …
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