Innovative Tech Grant Demos
The DTC9 Innovative Technology Grant Demos offer an opportunity for more detailed information about a variety of devices. Participants will be able learn about the latest devices available for a range of digital learning classroom experiences! Presented by individuals who have successfully applied for and received Davis District Technology Innovation Grants, presenters will offer short 30-minute quick-demos of the following products: Be sure to enter the drawings to win some of the products shown in the Innovative Tech Grant Demos!
Minecraft Education Edition
Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks, where players work together to create wonderful, imaginative worlds. Minecraft offers creativity, collaboration, and problem solving with open-ended, student-centered challenges. It is a project-based learning environment that encourages iteration, developing skills that prepare students for the modern world. It offers learning across all subjects and grade levels, including STEM applications ranging from foundational math to advanced computer science. 1It is already transforming how people teach, learn, and work together every day with over 100 million players worldwide. It is a place where educators can allow students to write their own story, build their next big idea, and discover what they’ve never imagined before!
Sphero
Sphero Edu provides a toolset that is unbounded in its potential. Using both block and text coding, to program spherical robots, students can create a painting, navigate a maze, mimic the solar system, swim across a body of water, have a dance party… the only limit is students’ imaginations. While coding and 21st century skills are necessary, the system also goes beyond code by incorporating robotics and technology with collaborative STEAM activities, nurturing students’ imaginations in ways no other education product can.
Osmo
Play beyond the screen! Osmo is an award-winning game system that will change the way students interact with the iPad by opening it up to hands-on play.
CODING JAM: Who doesn’t love music? It’s fun. Arrange coding blocks into patterns and sequences to create music, and the volume of fun gets turned up a notch.
CODING AWBIE: uses hands-on physical blocks to control Awbie, a playful character who loves delicious strawberries. Each block is a coding command that directs Awbie on a wondrous tree-shaking, strawberry-munching adventure.
TANGRAM: Arrange wooden puzzle pieces to match on-screen shapes. Animals, objects, humans and more. Play with a friend or challenge yourself to increasingly more difficult levels as your handiwork lights up with each victory.
PIZZA CO.: Make pizza... grow your profit! Quickly cook pizza & calculate change using topping & money tiles. Invest profits to upgrade your shop or open new locations as you bake your way to becoming “the big cheese”!
MONSTER: Bring your drawings to life! Each item you draw for Mo will be magically pulled into his world. Together create animated activities to share with family and friends.
NUMBERS: Add, count and multiply the tiles to match the numbers on the bubbles. Popping enough bubbles will free the fish and unleash a storm of lightning and thunder! Big or small, even or odd, will you become the Numbers Master?
MASTERPIECE: Unleash your inner artist! Pick an image from the camera, web or curated gallery and Masterpiece will transform it into easy-to-follow lines, helping you create beautiful drawings.
WORDS: Guess and spell the on-screen image. Team up or compete in-person with friends or family to see who will get their letter in first! Download free content like trivia, geography or upload your own like family names. The possibilities are endless!
