Education on Body of Knowledge | João Malcata

Thinking Without Autocomplete

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000

AI delivers answers on demand — but if every learner relies on preprocessed intelligence, who develops the capacity to challenge it?

I published “Energizing kids with Robotics”

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:05:46 +0000

I published “Energizing kids with Robotics” medium.com/@malcata/energ… #education #kids #robotics #stem #lego #fll

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Energizing children with robotics

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Every year I look forward to judging on the national tournament for the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL), a robotics program designed to get kids excited with STEM. I always get more than I give back and somehow this contagious energy ends up loading my "batteries". However, by the end of the day, via a stressful scoring process, there is a clash between Meritocracy and Pedagogy that drains all the energy.