Keeping the Ozobots Juiced!

Quick Post - Keeping Ozobots Juiced 

with the Anker 5 Port Charger!

As a specialist teacher I work with about 150 students daily in 5 rotations. Using Ozobots in the classroom is incredibly engaging and provides great opportunities for critical thinking, learning from failure, and collaboration - if they are charged! 

Ozobots are super easy to charge and come with a micro-usb charging cable that is amazing. I am excited to share the Anker 5 Port Charger (Anker has a number of wall/desktop style chargers available). Anker chargers are great because they are well designed, rugged, and have great charging technology built in. This charger has 40 watts of power distributed though the 5 usb ports (enough to charge 5 iPad Airs at full speed!). The best part is a technology called PowerIQ, this ensures that each device gets the right amount of charging and is not harmed in the charging process (the charger will not be "too powerful" or "over-charge" devices)!

I generally charge 5 Ozobots over night, then swap them in the morning for my other 5 Ozobots to make sure I have plenty of devices for the activities I have planned for the day. The Ozobots charge in less than 1 class period (55 minutes) and are ready to go! I could add a second Anker charger to have everything charged overnight, but since I do not use all 10 at a time (yet) this is not a problem.

I know that the Ozobot Classroom Kit will be shipping with similar chargers (not by Anker), but for all of you that may have Ozobots in your classroom now - this is an awesome way to charge any type of device!