{"id":24235,"date":"2016-01-21T12:25:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T19:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/?p=24235"},"modified":"2016-01-24T11:26:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T18:26:07","slug":"local-elementary-student-places-in-national-robotics-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/2016\/01\/21\/local-elementary-student-places-in-national-robotics-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Youth Places In National Robotics Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 Raton, NM 1\/21\/16 \u2013 Wonder League, the first elementary robotics competition, announces that\u00a0Aiden LaFrance of Raton placed 5th among more than 1,150 teams in the nation. Wonder League recognizes each team for their outstanding application of computer programming and robotics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Aiden LaFrance newly moved to Raton, New Mexico calls himself the \u201cKuazie Koder\u201d and placed in the top five finalists as a one-person team. Removed from traditional schooling by his parents to allow greater room for his curiosity for exploring subjects in-depth, Kuazie Koder joined the Wonder League Robotics Competition to explore robotics as a solution for discovery in astronomy. While his learning experience differs from that of most students, Aiden shares the same inspiration for the limitless possibilities of STEM. Kuazie Koder contest videos can be seen on Aiden LaFrance\u2019s YouTube channel, please visit [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCIEwz-0WbRbXwtaj_3FkHUg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCIEwz-0WbRbXwtaj_3FkHUg<\/a>].<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/robotics-wonder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24240 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/robotics-wonder-400x229.png\" alt=\"robotics wonder\" width=\"400\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/robotics-wonder-400x229.png 400w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/robotics-wonder.png 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Wonder Workshop, creators of robots that teach K-5 students foundational skills in computer coding, founded the Wonder League Robotics Competition to invite students ages five through 11 from across the country to complete seven computer programming challenges using classroom-friendly robots, Dash &amp; Dot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Wonder League Robotics Competition recognizes winning teams for exceptional exploration of STEM skills. STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines \u2014 <em>science, technology, engineering and mathematics<\/em> \u2014 in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. STEM education stresses that critical thinking, creativity and teamwork are pivotal to engaging students as careers in related fields continue to grow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Raton, NM 1\/21\/16 \u2013 Wonder League, the first elementary robotics competition, announces that\u00a0Aiden LaFrance of Raton placed 5th among more than 1,150 teams in the nation. Wonder League recognizes each team for their outstanding application of computer programming and robotics.\u00a0 Aiden LaFrance newly moved to Raton, New Mexico calls&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":24239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry","rows-excerpt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}