Having a bad day? Let these girls teach you to code.
Whenever I am bummed I watch these videos and am inspired off the charts. Such brilliant young ladies speaking in front of rooms of adults, live coding! Jewelbots are coded via C++, these girls are...
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How to Host a Coding Event For Girls: an Interview With Jennifer Wadella
Tell me about your job, what do you you do? By day I'm a JavaScript developer at a legal tech startup in Kansas City. By night I'm the founder and president of Kansas City Women in Technology, a...
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#Coding Icon: Kaya Thomas
#CodingIcon is a mini-series from Jewelbots highlighting the amazing women building the things we use everyday. It's been said before, and we will say it again: It's hard to be what you can't see....
View ArticleHello World of Game Programming
In the computer community, the name of the first program most beginners learn is "Hello World". Similarly, the Jewelbots "Hello World" segment is a fun, bite-size intro to get you more excited about...
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Hello World of 3D Printing!
In the computer community, the name of the first program most beginners learn is "Hello World". Simliarly, the Jewelbots "Hello World" segment is a fun, bite-size intro to get you more excited about...
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How to Fire Up Kids and Engage Local Government & Community Leaders in STEAM:...
Tiffany Linzan is the founder of Civic Interact, and organization which brings together civic scientists and designers of all backgrounds to leverage open source data and encourage independent...
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#CodingIcon: Zahra Jabini -Engineer, Architect, Designer!
#CodingIcon is a mini-series from Jewelbots highlighting the amazing women building the things we use everyday. Early on, everyone is expected to know what they want to pursue in life. Whether you’re...
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Coding, Creativity and Raising Awesome Kids: One Parent's Perspective
Every day the Jewelbots team is amazed by all of the smart, hard working, and creative kids we have coding and playing with Jewelbots. We often think to ourselves, how did these kids get so great? And...
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Hello World of Chemistry
In the computer community, the name of the first program most beginners learn is "Hello World". Simliarly, the Jewelbots "Hello World" segment is a fun, bite-size intro to get you more excited about...
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Coming Soon - New Products from Jewelbots!
One thing we’ve always made a priority at Jewelbots is listening to our users — and that includes their parents. Jewelbots, the smart friendship bracelet, has been a toy girls and educators love....
View ArticleThey're Here! Jewelbits Science Kits are Ready for Prime Time!
For the past six months we've been working hard on a new product line for kids that love having fun through play. Our STEM focused Jewelbits Science Kits have been released and we're loving your...
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#TeachingIcon - Dr. Lisa Wicker
Teaching Icon : Dr. Lisa Wicker When it comes to learning something new, nothing beats a fun hands-on experience. There's something about physically engaging with what you're learning that makes things...
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Making Hello, World: Lava with Ellie!
Ellie is a Jewelbits Ambassador and avid STEM star. She's a coder, a creator, a public speaker, and a great mom to some amazing guinea pigs. With her trusty video camera, Ellie put together a HOW TO...
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Discontinuing the Jewelbots Friendship Bracelet
In 2018 Jewelbots had an experience that no hardware company wants, we received an order that was over 20% defective and our manufacturer refused to take responsibility. It was a tough time for our...
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How did our classic Wearables Kit become a Jewelbits Science Kit?
When we first started building Jewelbots, just after our Kickstarter, we found we had a super engaged network of supporters and didn't have anything to send them as our friendship bracelets were...
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Making With Ellie: Ellie speaks at Node+JS Interactive
Before the days of COVID, I took a trip to Montreal with Ellie to speak about coding like a girl at Node+JS Interactive presented by the OpenJS Foundation. My favorite part of this trip was being with...
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A workshop with Code/Art, plus a portrait contest!
In December we had the great opportunity to host an online workshop with Code/Art, a non-profit whose mission is "to increase the number of girls – particularly underrepresented minority girls –...
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Meet Jewelbots Founder! An interview with #CodingIcon Sara Chipps on...
We couldn't be more excited to restart fresh with our #CodingIcon interview series on our blog with the nice and cozy conversation we had with our Founder and CEO Sara Chipps. Coming from a...
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Science vs. arts – how do we choose which is right for our children?
The debate over which is more important - arts or sciences, is one of these eternal and never-ending battles. It will most probably stay this way since there will always be opinions on both. Today we...
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Winter blues sale with 20% off all our science kits
It's time to send the winter blues away and can you think of any better way? We're offering our fun filled science kits at a discounted price (for you) and for your kids ;) Go to the sale now!
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Meet a true resident tech rock star! An interview with #CodingIcon Vicky...
Imagine meeting a nice person who does not know you or your name. How would you describe yourself with one sentence only? Who are you? My name is Vicky Twomey-Lee. I’m a coder, tech event organizer...
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11 homeschooling tips for beginners
Did you know that homeschooling has been around since the 17th century? New settlers were coming to America at that time and they wanted their children to learn how to read and study other subjects as...
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Meet Edlitera CEO! An interview with #CodingIcon Claudia Virlanuta on data...
Imagine meeting a nice person who does not know you or your name. How would you describe yourself with one sentence only? Who are you? I'm Claudia Virlanuta, the founder and CEO of Edlitera, a company...
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18 ways to boost your child’s confidence
Have you stopped to think for a second about where the word confidence comes from? It derives from the verb to confide – which means "to trust, to rely on with faithfulness". But how do we learn how...
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Meet the Developer Experience Head at Remote! An interview with #CodingIcon...
Cassidy Williams is currently the Head of Developer Experience and Education at Remote! In the past, she has worked at companies such as Netlify, React Training, CodePen, Amazon, L4 Digital, Clarifai,...
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5 tips to a STEM-friendly space
Does it seem difficult for you to make your home or classroom a STEM-friendly space? Do you feel overwhelmed because of lack of space or knowledge of good ideas to implement? Here are our 5 simple...
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Meet a fully remote female software engineer at Xogito! An interview with...
Imagine meeting a nice person who does not know you or your name. How would you describe yourself with one sentence only? Who are you? My name is Zorica and I’m a software engineer who loves...
View ArticleHomeschooling - yes or no - a questionnaire to get you started!
If you are considering homeschooling your children, you may wonder whether this is the right choice for you. To help you out we have a questionnaire to get you started. Check our questions below and...
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Meet a director of product and education at Chibitronics! An interview with...
Imagine meeting a nice person who does not know you or your name. How would you describe yourself in one sentence only? Who are you? Hi, I’m Fay! I’m an engineer who makes art with electronics. What...
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Why is curiosity more important than knowledge? + 5 ways to encourage it in...
At some point in our lives, we’ve all heard the saying, “Curiosity killed the cat”. Our parents, teachers, other grown-ups, and friends have most probably warned us. They told us not to be poking...
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