DCEO & Dallas Innovates: 2023 Innovation Award: Education
INNOVATION IN EDUCATION
Winner: RoboKind
Founded in 2011, its innovative facially expressive 14 robots help children with autism spectrum disorder hone and eventually master basic social-emotional skills. RoboKind took things to the next level with a remote-learning version of its K-12 program, which has been endorsed by the Council of Administrators of Special Education. More than 400 districts now use the platform.
Finalists: iStation, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Plano Independent School District, ScholarShot, and UWorld