Education

2021 CSTA Virtual Conference

Computer Science teachers join us at the 2021 CSTA Annual Conference, July 14-16, 2021! Register by July 9, 2021 11:59 PM. Our Education team and our ambassadors will be presenting at two sessions.July 14, 1:30pm – 2:30pm ETVirtual Design Tools for Paper Circuits and Creative Coding Susan Brown and Natalie Freed July 15, 1:45pm – 2:30pm […]

Paper Circuits Online Series is Back! June 2 to July 14

Our Paper Circuits Online Series is back! We have created Eventbrite classes that provide 7 evenings that take you from lighting up your first drawing to adding code to your artwork and making your art interactive! Session Dates: June 2 – July 14, 2021Session Times: Wednesdays from 7pm to 8pm eastern Event Schedule: Part 1: […]

Use Chibitronics LED Stickers to Create Silhouettes, Shadows, & Layers

Interested in learning some paper circuit techniques to help you create interesting shadows, silhouettes, and layers in your work? Check out the new tutorial by Natalie Freed and Jill Dawson! In this activity, you’ll make swatch cards to experiment with different paper and light effects and ponder possibilities for using the properties of both for […]

Chibitronics Teacher Appreciation Day 2021

Teacher Appreciation Day is May 4th! To show our gratitude and thanks to the teachers who make a difference, Chibitronics is celebrating with giveaways of our Chibi Lights STEM Starter Kit and hosting a special, free professional development session! 100 Chibi Lights STEM Starter Kits Giveaway For educators interested in basic electronics and circuitry, we […]

Pathfinders Summer Institute 2021

This is our most in-depth professional development course in which a group of Chibitronics trained educators lead you through basic paper circuits all the way to programming with sensors and motors. Session Dates: July 18-23, 2021Grades: open to all grades but geared toward 3rd to 12th grade educatorsApplications due by: May 14, 2021 at 5:00pm […]

Paper Circuits Online Workshop Series

If you’re ready to jump in now, we have created Eventbrite classes that provide 7 evenings that take you from lighting up your first drawing to adding code to your artwork and making your art interactive! Session Dates: April 7 – May 19, 2021Session Times: Wednesdays from 7pm to 8pm eastern Event Schedule: Part 1: […]

Introducing the Kids Crew!

Joining Fern and friends from Love to Code are our shiny new Kids Crew and their awesome Teachers. To celebrate our new characters we want you to help us write their stories. Head over to our Circuit Story Challenge lesson plan to get to know more about the Kids Crew and their teachers and join […]

Featured Educator – Trish Ryan

Introducing Trish Ryan, our first Chibitronics Ambassador from Australia and award winning educator! My name is Trish Ryan and I have been teaching for more than 20 years. I have taught K-12 in many different disciplines. Since 2012 I have been teaching at Wilkins Public School in Marrickville, NSW, Australia.  I am a classroom teacher and […]

Paper Circuits with Chibitronics on Outschool

Chibitronics is on Outschool! Outschool is a platform that offers live online classes where kids can interact with teachers, in small groups, in a variety of subject areas. Chibitronics is excited to join and offer a new way for kids and parents to engage with us! We’ll be offering our first course, a one-time 60-minutes […]

Chibitronics at Pathfinders Winter Institute 2021

Chibitronics will be back at Infosys Pathfinders for Winter Institute 2021! Never been to Pathfinders? This three-day event will be an engaging computer science and maker education professional development experience for K-12 public teachers. Teachers can choose from 18 different computer science and maker education courses. All K-12 US public school teachers from all disciplines […]

Chibitronics at ISTE20 Live

Chibitronics will be presenting at this year’s ISTE20 Live discussing how to integrate computer science and paper engineering into your teaching. Want to join us? See all the details below. When: November 29 – December 5, 2020 (Registration is rolling but early bird pricing ends on October 1!) Where: Online! Find out more and register here. […]

Featured Educator – Phet Pease

We recently asked a few teachers who attended our course at Infosys Pathfinders’ Winter Institute to share some advice with the teachers attending our Virtual Summer Institute course. Khamphet “Phet” Pease is an award-winning STEM teacher, who has taught at Wilson Middle School in San Diego for the past 14 years. She teaches 6th-8th grade […]

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