In this section, you will find other content having to do with Smartick. Continue learning about coding, chess, logic, games, cognitive training, STEAM, and much more.
May09
Computational thinking has been booming in education since it was included in the new educational curricula. Here, it is proposed that computational skills are worked on transversally like other subjects, but… What is Computational Thinking? Definitions of Computational Thinking The first definition was introduced by Jeannette Wing in 2006: “Computational thinking involves solving problems, designing […]
Continue reading »Apr03
Cognitive flexibility is an executive function that involves the ability to switch from one task to another, or to adjust thinking or behaviour according to changing situations. It is an important cognitive skill that allows us to adapt to different circumstances and solve problems effectively. What is cognitive flexibility? Cognitive flexibility is the ability […]
Continue reading »Mar17
In this post, we are going to see the convenience of teaching chess to kids and the main reasons that will justify it to those who consider it a complex that can only be accessed as an adult. In Smartick we have a program to learn how to play chess. Smartick Chess is an educational […]
Continue reading »Feb23
In this post we will see the importance of SmartickBrain educational games to exercise executive functions. In addition, we will explain the relationship between these functions and learning. Educational games on SmartickBrain Smartick Brain is a cognitive training program created to support the development of executive functions in children from 4 to 14 years old. […]
Continue reading »Jun24
Robby’s laboratory is an activity within Smartick Coding that is used to teach concepts about the use of variables, input, output, and different types of data in programming. In the laboratory, we can find data that are numbers, shapes, or letters, but we can also find new data there, such as Boolean operators. What are […]
Continue reading »Oct05
New Activity in Smartick Coding: The Laboratory Robby is very excited because he has just launched the laboratory! It is a new activity during Coding sessions, the Smartick tool for children to learn programming through playing. Robby’s laboratory is a new environment to teach concepts like the use of variables, input and output, and types […]
Continue reading »Mar12
In a previous post, we spoke about basic coding concepts: instructions and control structures. Today we will expand on the topic a bit more and explain the different programming exercises children learn with Smartick Coding. All teachers agree on the importance of reading code as much as possible in order to write it correctly. This […]
Continue reading »Feb13
Cognitive Training Games in SmartickBrain If you are part of the Smartick family I’m sure that you are familiar with SmartickBrain, the cognitive training platform designed to improve memory, reasoning, attention, and flexibility. Children can access it after their daily 15-minute session and parents can access it at any time from the Parent Page. SmartickBrain […]
Continue reading »Feb06
In this post, we will talk about the first setting that is presented to students to learn how to code. We decided to teach these first steps through robotics, which is the branch of programming that is closest to the physical world and more attainable at an early age. The first thing that we work […]
Continue reading »Dec06
Within Neurodidactics, an important discipline to lay the proper groundwork for new forms of education, there are five basic ideas. Neurodidactics Basics Learning is fun. Learning is spontaneous, without guided instruction. It is most effective when the sensitive phases are respected. Children learn the skills needed for learning more easily when they are younger. Digital […]
Continue reading »Dec04
What is Smartick Coding? Every certain number of sessions, students that do Smartick math are presented with a Smartick Coding session. That way, they work on computational thinking that, we will discuss in this and future posts, is very closely related to mathematical, logical, and abstract thinking. Smartick Coding is an ambitious project that works from […]
Continue reading »Nov06
When it comes to studying and learning, one of the most important ingredients is attention. It is the cognitive process that allows us to concentrate on and respond to the relevant stimuli as a consequence. Some children, in particular those with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), have difficulty maintaining their focus. This makes the learning process challenging […]
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