Video Mondays: This is not a Robot

I spent last week attending inspiring sessions and talks with the folks from FIRST Nevada for a virtual conference that ended with the following video. I have to whole heartedly agree with the sentiment expressed. Basically anything I’ve done with tech in education is not about the tech or the pretty lights, but seeing the lights come on in the eyes of our students when they overcome a challenge or make friends with the competing team. It’s about the human journey(s) that are facilitated through these robot challenges. Enjoy.

Of course, I also discovered over the course of the week that LEGO was going to upgrade their EV3 Mindstorms platform to a new generation borrowing from their new SPIKE Prime robot kits called Robot Inventor kit (LEGO 51515). Yeah, I’m kind of excited about the possibilities…