New STEAM Education Labs in Southern California Catholic School
What's a SmartLab? Director of Technology, Beth Thomas, described them as "Learning playgrounds for the students." St. Junipero Serra Catholic School in Rancho Margarita, California held a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new SmartLab STEAM centers at the beginning of…
South Dakota Middle School Learns Next Generation Skills with STEM Activities
"Twenty-five years ago, computer class consisted of not much more than typing practice and playing Oregon Trail. Today, students are programming robots, making movies, building cars, composing ringtones and a lot more in SmartLab." This wonderful article about Brandon Valley…
Best Practices for Robotics STEM Activities in Kindergarten
We wholeheartedly agree with this insightful article in eSchool News: 3 Reasons to Introduce Kindergartners to Robots. "Children need to actually touch, manipulate, and experiment with objects in order to fully understand them. Robots bring this physical interaction to the…
Record Attendance at AFDC 2017
Over 100 SmartLab facilitators attended AFDC 2017 at The Englewood Campus (CO) last week. Educators from around the country (and as far away as El Salvador!) took time from their summer break to attend Creative Learning Systems' annual week-long workshop.…