Programming

Honoring Ancestors: an Activity for Día de los Muertos

Every year, Mexican cultures remember deceased family members with gifts and celebration on November 2, Día de los Muertos. This “Day of the Dead” is the grandest holiday of the year for many families, involving parades, decorated graves and cemeteries, costumes, music, and delicious and abundant food. UNESCO recently added Día de los Muertos to …

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STEAM in Every Subject: 10 Examples of Collaborative Learning

******Updated for 2025: Since this post was first written, collaborative learning in STEAM has become even more essential in fostering creativity. We’ve updated it with fresh examples and strategies for integrating STEAM across subjects to engage students in exciting, hands-on learning experiences. STEAM education encourages students to think critically, collaborate, and explore concepts in creative …

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September Educator of the Month: Literature Plus Coding in the Library

We’ve seen how creating mystery stories can teach STEAM, how programming can learn from literature, and how writing literature is like writing code. We love seeing language arts work with with science and technology, especially in this back-to-school season where the more you learn in a single lesson, the better! Join us in congratulating our …

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How Writers and Journalists Use STEAM to Succeed

Writing is one of the most varied fields in the modern workforce. The concept of a writer brings to mind a variety of images, from fiction writers sharing stories and trying to get published to cutting edge journalists breaking news to technical writers who develop expertise in complex subjects. All of these writers have something …

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Ozobot’s Three Rs: Reading, ‘Rithmetic, and Robots!

We’ve all heard the saying “Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic” to reference the most basic skills taught in our school days. Ozobots are used for teaching every letter in STEAM, meaning not just coding and computer science, but also subjects like Language Arts and Math. Therefore, we’ve come up with three Rs of our own—Reading, ‘Rithmetic, …

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August Educators of the Month: How to Get a Clue About Coding with Board Games

We love that our little Ozobots Evo and Bit don’t just teach coding – they inspire creativity too! One way we’ve seen kids use them is as smart board game pieces. An activity providing fun for the whole family, board games bring all ages together and actually do their own great job of combining creativity …

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Is Evo the TI-85 of Today’s Back-to-School Tech?

Ah, early August. ‘Tis the season of back-to-school shopping. For those of us of a certain age, it calls to mind the nostalgia of picking out preferred patterns of Lisa Frank notebooks and taking the leap to invest in snazzy mechanical pencils with a twist-to-dispense extra lead pack. Sometime during the middle school and high …

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Julys Educator of the Month tours National Parks by Ozobot

July’s Educator of the Month Visits National Parks from the Comfort of Color Codes

We’re celebrating a #SummerofSTEAM here at Ozobot, and for many, summer vacation means trips to see new and exciting parts of the country. For me personally, this is especially true. I wanted to take a brief moment to introduce myself, as this is my first post to the OzoBlog! My name’s Danielle. In June, my …

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Painting and programming with Ozobot's Bob Belt

Painting & Programming: An Interview With Artist/Engineer Bob Belt

Our Artists & Engineers series replaces the actor/model with the artist/engineer,  a STEAM slash-something that is really worth looking up to. Get inspired by the individuals and collectives we interview, including Laetitia Sonami, Mitch Wenger, Arthur Ganson, and Ozobot’s own Bob Belt below, as they open up about the projects they’re excited about, where they think technology is headed, and what advice …

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