Introducing Coding Pathways!

Class Connect’s Newest Feature

New for the 2022-23 school year, we are proud to announce Coding Pathways: multimedia, standards-aligned coding lessons that feature instructional videos, engaging storylines, and fun coding challenges for students in grades 3-5. With no prep required, it’s easier than ever to teach coding. Just assign a Pathway and you’re done!

Coding Pathways takes the burden off of the teacher by providing turnkey lessons that students can tackle at their own pace inside Blockly using the Virtual Dash right on screen. It also provides solutions and follow-up questions to teachers who can track student progress from the Class Connect dashboard.

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A Robot For Every Learner

Your subscription to Class Connect unlocks our Virtual Dash inside of Blockly for Web and iOS. Kids can solve robot coding challenges by moving Dash around right on the screen in a rich, 3D environment.

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Class Connect:
The Teacher Platform That Turbocharges Blockly

With Class Connect, educators can give students a warm welcome to coding and robotics and see exactly where their work fits within a comprehensive scope and sequence of skills. Combining an always-on progress dashboard, a Virtual Dash, and just-in-time curricular resources for the instructor, Class Connect makes it easy for teachers to help students learn important skills, even without having a lot of coding experience.

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Class Connect turbocharges Blockly by unlocking tons of content that you can assign to students from your Class Connect dashboard. Assign a Coding Pathway and students will access coding lessons in Blockly that feature instructional videos, engaging storylines, and fun coding challenges that they solve on screen with a Virtual Dash. Assign cards from our 72 Challenge Card Digital Set when kids are ready to program a physical Dash robot and bolster their skills.

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After students have completed introductory coding puzzles, completed a Pathway, and maybe tried a few Challenge Cards, level up by assigning one of our 60 standards-aligned math activities. Students will see the Math challenge inside of Blockly and apply both their coding and math skills to solve an exciting adventure-based problems. 

Do More With Dash

Using Virtual Dash or a physical Dash, assign and then monitor student progress through coding challenges, activities, or Pathways. With a Class Connect subscription, each student can maintain their own progress inside of the Blockly app, and pick up where they left off. Meanwhile, teachers can view student work in the Class Connect dashboard and access additional tips, tricks, follow-up questions, and more.

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STANDARDS-ALIGNED CONTENT

Introducing: Coding Pathways

Class Connect’s coding challenges and math activities are just the beginning! With Coding Pathways, Class Connect becomes a complete, end-to-end coding and robotics solution. The program provides Level D-F coding lessons supported by story-based activities that kids love. Teachers track individual student progress and the platform even highlights when a kid seems to be “stuck.”

VIRTUAL DASH ROBOT

1:1 robot access, anytime, anywhere

Your Class Connect subscription unlocks Virtual Dash which is programmable inside of a rich, 3D environment on screen. Now bringing code to life in a 1:1 environment is possible without needing a physical robot for each student. Virtual Dash is available in Blockly on iOS and on the web in Chrome to students who enter a current Class Connect subscription teacher code.

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TURNKEY ACTIVITIES

Pick from dozens of kid-facing, step-by-step activities

Standards-aligned, learn-to-code puzzles and math activities are presented inside of the Blockly app so that students can jump right into coding and learning. Exciting stories immerse students in challenges that require subject-matter understanding, creativity, and critical thinking skills. Choose from 60 low-prep, at-your-fingertips math activities for a year’s worth of fun and learning. Also find our 72 Digital Challenge Cards that are assignable to students using Blockly. Also aligned to Levels A-F, cards feature quick challenges that bolster coding skills.

PROGRESS TRACKING

View and track student work

The progress dashboards in Class Connect provide a window into exactly what code each student writes as they work through the puzzles and math activities inside of the Blockly App. Answer keys show suggested solutions and recommended lessons for students who need additional reinforcement. View time spent as well as how many attempts the student made.

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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Create and manage student profiles

Class Connect enables teachers to create student profiles so that they can share devices while maintaining their own progress. Profile names and access codes are anonymized to comply with COPPA regulations, while still giving students their own destination inside of the app. Share classrooms with other teachers to collaborate further.

BUILT-IN SUPPORT

Tons of wraparound resources

Each activity includes step-by-step instructions, suggested solutions, topic walk-throughs, and recommended practice, making the teaching of coding and robotics accessible to every teacher, regardless of coding experience. Lessons are available for download and include additional, curated resources, like videos and follow-up discussion questions.

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The Teacher Success Pack Has Everything You Need

The Teacher Success Pack grants access to 1 Teacher and 35 students (for 12, 24, or 36 months) to the following:

Class Connect 

  • The Virtual Dash robot for 1:1 coding in a rich 3D environment (iPads or Chromebooks).
  • Coding Pathways – Standards-aligned, student-facing coding lessons and activities inside of the Blockly app.
  • Student accounts so kids can share devices while preserving their own progress as they work through puzzles and activities
  • 60 standards-aligned Math activities
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  • Progress tracking and classroom management for the teacher
  • 72 Digital Learn to Code Challenge Cards

Cross Curricular Lesson Library

  • Premium lessons, filterable by subject and grade-level

Teach Wonder

  • Enrollment for 1 teacher in our online professional development course, “Intro to Coding and Robotics with Dash & Dot.”

Wonder League Robotics Competition

  • Full access to the missions and resources for the competition. Note: The 2021-22 WLRC has concluded. Missions are still available to use with students.

This price is discounted for educational institutions. 

For a custom quote, please visit  https://www.makewonder.com/sales-requests/ 

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Part of a Comprehensive Suite of Resources

“Learn to code” and “code to learn” with Wonder Workshop’s suite of resources. Join a community of educators passionate about inspiring the innovators of the future.

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MATH ACTIVITIES DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH AVID

The 4th Grade-level math activities were developed in collaboration with AVID.

With AVID STEM Connections™, you’ll find easy-to-use lessons plans and ancillary materials created by teachers for teachers. The lessons are grab-and-go and the only prep needed is to read them over and decide when to use them.

Together, Class Connect and AVID STEM Connections will empower your students to reimagine their futures through the lens of a STEM mindset.

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What Teachers Say About Class Connect

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“Wonder Workshop Class Connect is a great addition to our technology curriculum. It allows the teachers to see exactly where students are in their progress with coding and students are able to work at their own pace which allows for differentiation. The students love Dash and Dot and I love how easy it is to document their learning!”

Lindsey S.
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authentic practice

“As math coach, I am always looking for activities that will engage my students and yet give them authentic math practice on their grade level standards. The robots are extremely engaging, and make the students want to do the problems so that they can move the robot.”

KIMBERLY J.
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detailed lesson plans

“The teacher lesson plans were VERY thorough. I loved the videos included for the students along with the multitude of options for the teacher. It makes it very easy to fit your time constraints, student levels and needs, enrich your higher students and generally meet all the needs of every child.”

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Wonder League Robotics Competition FAQ | Year 8

Hello, robotics enthusiasts! If you’re here, you’re probably as excited as we are about the 8th Annual Wonder League Robotics Competition! To help you and your teams have the best possible experience competing this year, we wanted to share answers to some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

Who Can Compete:

Any kid, anywhere in the world, ages 6-8 (Innovator Cup) and 9-12 (Pioneer Cup). There are two age brackets: 6-8 and 9-12 and team members have to fall within the age category at some point during the competition. Participants must be the qualifying age for their bracket on the last day of the competition, but if they gain a year during the competition, that’s OK. They won’t age out! 

Competition Brackets:

  • Innovator Cup (Age 6-8)
  • Pioneer Cup (Age 9-12)

What Makes a Team:

A team is made up of a supervising adult coach, and one or more children (up to 5). That’s right, kids can compete solo, but a coach who is 18+ is needed to help with the submission process. For multi-kid teams, each member must be in the same age bracket. Coaches may have multiple teams and can register all their teams after registering as a coach. Please keep in mind that each team will need a separate Class Connect registration.

Note: Younger students may participate in the 9-12 age category, but please be aware that the missions have been designed with older students and advanced coding skills in mind.

What a Team Needs to Compete:

Class Connect subscription

The team is made up of a supervising adult coach and one to five members

  1. Compatible device
  2. 5′ x 8′ mat of 30cm squares and basic prototyping materials
  3. Teams in 6-8 & 9-12 age brackets will need a Dash robot
  4. Internet access to download and upload materials

Teams will need one Dash robot: https://store.makewonder.com/products/dash

Check Device Compatibility here: https://www.makewonder.com/compatibility

We will be offering a mat image that you are welcome to use and print with your local printer, but teams are absolutely encouraged to make their own if they prefer. For more on how to make your own mat, check out this blog post.

Coaches will, of course, need internet access to download the apps and keep up with the competition as it progresses, and may want to print out some kid-facing materials that we will provide at each stage.

Class Connect Subscription:

To register for the 8th Wonder League Robotics Competition requires a subscription to Class Connect, providing additional resources like standards-aligned content assignable right inside a student’s Blockly app. Learn more about Class Connect here.

If you already have a Class Connect subscription, you have access to register a team, based on your student license amount. If you have more than one team of 5 students, you will need to purchase another Coach Success Pack or consider a larger subscription to accommodate more teams and students.

  1. A Coach Success Pack provides:
    Participation in the WLRC for up to 5 students
    Access to all Missions
    Full access to Class Connect, (including Math Activities and Dash’s Neighborhood), for 5 students and 1 teacher for 7 months
    A discount code for a Dash robot from our online store at https://store.makewonder.com

Please note: Teams will need a physical Dash robot to complete the Missions.
The Coaches’ Dashboard in Class Connect will help our coaches register and manage their team(s). The dashboard will be your one-stop shop for all Wonder League Robotics Competition management. You will be able to access the Coaches’ Corner–where all competition-related content and resources will be hosted–the Heartbeat community forum, and all the submission forms right there on the Dashboard.

Accessing Missions for the Innovator Cup and Pioneer Cup:

Once your purchase is completed for Class Connect, you will receive an email to activate your Class Connect license.

Once this license is activated, you will be able to register yourself as a coach and register your teams. This is done on your portal page under the Robotics Competition tab.

Once your team/teams are registered, you will get an additional email from CoAssemble, our partner hosting the missions this year. This email will state you have been registered for the “2022-2023 Coaches Corner Course”.

Click on the link to be redirected to the CoAssemble website, and you will see the course and can access the Coaches’ Corner Guide as well as the Missions (available November 3, 2022).

Still having trouble accessing all the resources in the Coaches’ Corner? If you have previously had a license to Class Connect and registered as a coach, and have not seen Coaches’ Corner added to your CoAssemble list of courses, please email us at support@makewonder.com, and we will provide assistance.

Last Year’s Missions:

Taking a peek at last year’s missions might help you get a sense of what the competition is like. Just sign in with your Class Connect subscription and register as a coach to take a peek at the previous years by going to the Coaches’ Corner and selecting the desired year.

2022-23 Wonder League Robotics Competition Milestone Dates:

Here are important milestone dates to keep in mind as coaches develop timelines for teams competing in the 2022-23 Wonder League Robotics Competition.

 

  1. October 21, 2022: Student Team Registration Opens
  2. November 3, 2022: Round One Opens + Five Mission Released
  3. January 13, 2023: Student Team Registration Closes
  4. January 27, 2023: Mission Evidence Submission Closes 
  5. January 28-March 5, 2023: Invitational Round Notification 
  6. February 6, 2023: Invitational Round Opens + Final Mission Released
  7. March 24, 2023: Invitational Round Submission Due 
  8. April 10, 2023: People’s Choice Voting Opens 
  9. April 21, 2023: People’s Choice Voting Closes 
  10. May 4, 2023: 2022-23 Wonder League Robotics Competition Winner Announcement

NEW Award Category: WLRC People’s Choice Award

Teams may opt in to participate in the WLRC People’s Choice Award category by creating a :30 second video explaining the Team’s Invitational Round Final Mission solution that will be shared with the community at www.makewonder.com/classroom/robotics-competition/ in an “online crowd vote” competition. The WLRC People’s Choice Award allows teams to share and celebrate their work in the WLRC and encourage community support in voting for their team. This is an optional category for teams to enter and will not impact scoring of the Invitational Round submission as they will be judged by STEM and Coding experts using a published rubric.

Children’s Privacy:

We take our participants’ privacy very seriously and comply with COPPA when collecting any information. In the invitational round we ask only for the students’ first names, and request parents’ permission. For those that make it into the Invitational Round, we ask for full names, again with permission. We are never marketing, selling to, or corresponding with children. All contact is through the proxy of the coach.