Strawbees did change how I view education in a very good way, and myself as a teacher. It's a message that I want to get out to more teachers and students.

One of the things I think is forgotten with coding, and why I like Strawbees so much, is the physical computing side, the designing side of the computing.

Straws can transform lives. It can be that simple. The tools that we bring in, we don't know how it's going to affect kids. But every kid finds their way through something that is common in straws.

I show them little ways of doing things and you can see the lightbulb is coming on as they're starting to get more and more creative.

I think for preschoolers, being exposed to something like Strawbees is really incredible for their creativity and imagination.

What was amazing is that the children led the whole process from A to Z. They were able to really envision what the Strawbees constructions was going to look like.

Getting the young kids glued for 45 minutes of remote session is fun! Because if they enjoy it they're going to sit, and if they don't, they'll be running around.

We usually do a lot design thinking and empathy and we have them prototype something that would make someones life better.

Those kids who see the world so differently, and their experiences in the classroom is not always positive, that gives them an opportunity to get positive attention.

Kids and teachers in other classes would stop what they were doing during recess just to see what we were creating with Strawbees! The whole school was curious!