Bloxel Builders

Basics: What is it? Bloxels is a "hands-on platform for kids to build, collaborate, and tell stories through video game creation." What's in the Box?  a black gameboard (13 x 13 grid) with a variety of small colorful cubes.  An idea booklet was purchases separately. (It looks like they've restructured things since we bought our Bloxels... …

Circuit Scribes (Guest Post)

I put my husband, David Hrycewicz, in charge of Circuit Scribes during last weeks Students Involved with Technology conference. I had purchased these kits from a Kickstarter campaign.  When the kit came, I sort of freaked out and didn't know what to do with them.  I was able once or twice to complete the circuit, …

Review: Tiggly Shapes

First things first: Tiggly Shapes are not robots. But they are still pretty great. I've discovered they are a great way to bring dimension to the flat tablet world. They also can be used in libraries pretty easily. Basics: What are they? Tiggly Shapes are a set of four shapes designed to work with the …