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What does it take to Make a MakerSpace?

Educator Spotlight: Dereck Dirom To answer this question, we asked High School STEM Teacher Dereck Dirom from Abbotsford Sr Secondary School in British Columbia. Dereck has 25 years of teaching…
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Storytelling With Your Drone!

Improving Literacy and Deepening Learning 10 years ago, in a small school district in Texas, students were given an incredible opportunity to incorporate a Maker Space and Robotics into their…
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Educator Spotlight, Dr. Brent Hollers from Fayetteville, Georgia

AI, Mechatronics & Mascots! We had a great conversation with Dr. Brent Hollers, a seasoned STEM Director and Teacher from Fayetteville, Georgia who shared the ins and outs of his…
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Educator Spotlight, Mayra Martinez at Alvin ISD

All Aboard the STEM Bus! All aboard the STEM bus at Alvin Independent School District, where DroneBlocks products are becoming a favorite mobile STEM offering to hundreds of students throughout…
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Educator Spotlight, Leroy Friesenhan at Saint Michael’s Catholic Academy

Students Take the Lead in Pioneering Drone Light Show  The DroneBlocks Light Show Kit has been one of the many exciting new releases from DroneBlocks this past year by inspiring…
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PHD Researcher Charts Success of Drones in the Classroom

Educator Spotlight: Professor Tryfon Sivenas How do we measure the effectiveness of DroneBlocks? Well, the spread of our programs across the United States and around the world has been a…
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Code-Crew, Bringing the Possible to Memphis

Oftentimes the newest technology is the stuff of our imaginations. DroneBlocks’ prides itself on being at the very forefront of STEM Education with our hardware offerings, making those daydreams a…
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Educator Spotlight: Luigi Torelli

Charting Exciting Pathways in the DroneBlocks Simulator If you are a member of the DroneBlocks Community, you may have already witnessed some of Luigi Torelli’s ambitiously imaginative flight paths in…
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Educator Spotlight, Al Salcè

How STEM Education is shaping the next generation of first responders Alcidé Salcé is a 21-year veteran of the FDNY and a member of the Command Tactical Unit in charge…
Educator Spotlight, Ed Moloney, Northport High School in NY

DroneBlocks visited Northport High School for their annual STEM Day, where robots were tinkering, creativity was buzzing and Drones were flying! Elementary students were encouraged to engage with dozens of…