Category: Technology

In this month’s issue of the Family Connections Newsletter, we share strategies for helping kids maintain focus and other tips for parenting in a digital age. To sign up to receive the monthly newsletter in your email, click here!

In this month’s issue of the Family Connections Newsletter, we include Schoology tips for parents, information on private web browsing, and tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics for promoting healthy digital habits. To sign up to receive the monthly newsletter in your email, click here!

Now with Wonders Technology’s teaching tools educators can teach students as young as four how to program complicated technology, such as robots and 3D printers. The Tech Tray works as an input so that students without reading or typing abilities can easily get up and running. By replacing core programming words with building blocks we’ve […]

PreK-5th grade students are experiencing several types of coding opportunities throughout the world-wide Computer Science Week. Students use many tools to learn coding basics and design.  Teachers are exposing students to code.org, Beebots, Dash/Dot robots, Bitsbox, Tynker, and Cubelets.

Indian Peaks families came together at the Dive Into STEM event! The night hosted 14 stations with hands-on activities that families were able to rotate through and experience together. Students felt sea lion pelts at the Denver Aquarium table, ran through a computer coding obstacle course with Linz Craig, discovered evidence of animals with Colorado […]

Legos, rockets, superheros, towers, genius hour… All fun components of this year’s STEM Summer School! Kindergarten through fifth grade students received a full dose of integrated STEM this summer.  With “Engineering is Everywhere Adventure” kits as a base, students engaged in hands-on, interactive activities, while learning key scientific concepts and disciplines.  Indian Peaks also offered […]

Due to an amazing partnership with the Casa de la Esperanza community, Indian Peaks hosted a STEM Night Thursday at the Casa Learning Center.  The event included many opportunities for students to play and learn with STEM gadgets, including Spheros, Cubelets, Dash & Dot robots, iPads, Chromebooks, MagFormers building sets, Snap Circuits, Squishy Circuits, and […]

New robots have made their way into the Indian Peaks family! Squeals of delight have filled the hallways as Wonder Workshop robots’ “On” button is lit!  Teachers are learning about robotics alongside enthusiastic students with the “Dot” and “Dash” robots.  Dot and Dash coincide with 4 different applications.  Students are able to manipulate their robots […]