Rapid Fire - Must Need Tools & Apps

This was a 6 person Skype meeting, which is a terrible terrible idea.

It was just an advertisement for the following toys, some of which are kinda nifty.  This is all maker-space, play and learn kind of stuff.

Little bits - we all ready have these

According to one presenter girls can get involved with electronics by decorating

Hopscotch - A program to teach kids how to program computers

http://www.gethopscotch.com/

The Finch - A robot to teach kids how to program

http://www.finchrobot.com/

The hummingbird - The Hummingbird Robotics Kit is a spin-off product of Carnegie Mellon's CREATE lab. Hummingbird is designed to enable engineering and robotics activities for ages 13 and up (10 with adult supervision) that involve the making of robots, kinetic sculptures, and animatronics built out of a combination of kit parts and crafting materials.

http://www.hummingbirdkit.com/

snap! - Sort of like Scratch, to teach kids to program computers

http://snap.berkeley.edu/

Tiggly

http://tiggly.com/

This is just a commercial.

Cubelets - Blocks that enable kids to create robots (sort of)

http://www.modrobotics.com/cubelets/