94. How Sphero Supports STEM Teachers ft. Michelle Acaley

12/16/2022

Show Summary:

This episode is all about robotics and one of our favorite STEM companies, Sphero! Natasha chats with Sphero’s Senior Director of Product and Content, Michelle Acaley. Michelle started as a classroom teacher in New York City and Chicago before moving into education technology. She is passionate about ensuring Sphero has a content-first approach so that all products Sphero builds have a purpose in education and can become tools to teach Computer Science and STEAM throughout the curriculum.

Links from the Show:

Related The STEM Space Podcast Episodes

• 9. STEM with Sphero Robotics

• 18. What You Should Know About Failure

Vivify STEM Blog Posts

• 5 Tips for STEM Learning with Sphero Robotics

• Basics of Sphero Robotics + 3 Awesome Sphero STEM Activities

• 10 Amazing STEM Family Night Activities

• 10 Must Have STEM Tools

• The Importance of Failure

Vivify STEM Lessons & Products

• Robotics Programming Maze Challenge - FREE!

• Intro to Coding: Communication STEM Activity

Other STEM Resources

Sphero - Products:

• indi

• Bolt

• RVR+

• littleBits

Sphero Resources:

• Sphero EDU

• Computer Science Foundations course

• Sphero Global Challenge

• littleBits: Invent for Good

• Sphero Heroes

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