Flocks of Drones Will Raid Classrooms This Year. Are Your Kids Ready?

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- RobotLAB, the leading educational robotics company, announces today that its award-winning online learning platform Engage! K12 offers entirely new and engaging lesson plans which use drones to teach coding, programming and math.

Indiana University's High School Survey of Student Engagement found that about 2 out of 3 students from the 81,000 surveyed, said they don't see the value in the work they are asked to do. School's inability to engage students is playing a major role in their college and career readiness. And drones are a great way to change this.

"I've seen students react to the robots very positively," said Prof. Peter Stone from UT Austin. "I set in a lesson in a high-school detention room, on a weekend, where the students clearly came in not wanting to be there, and when the quadcopter came out and started flying around the room, they were immediately engaged. I was able to watch them over a period of a couple of hours remain focused on learning quadratic relationships and really having the concept 'click.' "

Drones and students are a match made in heaven. These devices are the perfect introduction to coding and programming, variables, conditionals, math and more. And the hands-on experience can transform the classroom dynamics.

The Engage!K12 platform is focused on developing 21^st-century skills and global competencies through the purposeful use of technology, project-based, and blended learning. Lessons are compatible with many of robots: from humanoid robots to quadcopters, 3D-printers, and even autonomous-cars.

About RobotLAB (www.RobotLAB.com)

Founded more than a decade ago, RobotLAB is the premier educational-robotics company. The company's innovative use of robots in the classroom was recognized by prominent organizations and won the company multiple awards such as the Best EdTech Company (SxSWEdu), the Gold in education category (Edison Awards), a Game Changer award (RoboBusiness) Best STEM tool (EdTech Digest) and many more.  Trusted by educators in more than 2,500 schools, RobotLAB is the leader in the educational-robotics market, ensuring schools' investment in technology won't be wasted. Its flagship product, Engage! K12 is designed to engage students and help them master the skills they need in order to ensure career and college readiness while developing 21^st-century skills.

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SOURCE RobotLAB Inc

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