June 29, 2024

Creating a Culture of “Risk Taking” In your Classroom – A Conversation with Jason McKenna

19 minutes

In this episode of the Digital Learning Today Podcast, Jeff welcomes Jason McKenna, Vice President of Global Educational Strategy from Vex on the program to discuss how your school district can bring a complete robotics curriculum into your K12 classrooms today!

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In This Episode …

New Products for the Summer of 2024

What is new at VEX Robotics?

Financial Considerations

How to create a classroom full of “risk takers”

Preparing students to become the leaders of tomorrow

Helping students feel comfortable in the classroom and creating an environment where students want to have classroom conversations.

The importance of rewarding your students for failing.

Instilling creative and innovative thinking skills students need to create an implement change.

Professional Development for Teachers

How to learn more?

Links of Interest

VEXRobotics.com

https://www.vexworlds.tv/

pd.vex.com

vr.vex.com

camps.vex.com

https://www.vexrobotics.com/cte

https://www.robotevents.com/support

Why Educational Robotics?

VEX Robotics is educational robotics for everyone. VEX solutions span all levels of both formal and informal education with accessible, scalable, and affordable solutions. Beyond science and engineering principles, VEX encourages creativity, teamwork, leadership, and problem solving among groups. It allows educators of all types to engage and inspire the STEM problem solvers of tomorrow!

Learn more about VEX Robotics

Website

Facebook

X (formerly Twitter)

Instagram

YouTube

Watch these Vex Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5GLkbVsXVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAHQpznnzZE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqWU72rFF1g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_nk7gqjt5k

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