RAI Hawai'i LLC
Robot Assisted Instruction in Coding x STEAM Makerspaces
808-829-6058
It's a Brave New World!
In our 1st year of operation RAI Hawai'i was a member of Cohort #5 of the USC Rossier Ed-Tech Accelerator Program!!
It was an incredible experience, culminating with a cohort pitch session at the 2023 ASU GSV Summit in San Diego.
https://www.edge.usc.edu/accelerator/
Check out the amazing companies all over the world in my incredible cohort!
FIGHT ON Cohort 5!!
RAI Hawai'i Founder and CEO
Dr. Phaedra Robinson and her team at RAI Hawai'i, are dedicated and passionate teachers and researchers in the field of Computer Science and STEAM education.
We are committed to empowering children of all ages and abilities through access to research based programs which are innovative, and interactive, facilitated by experienced, licensed teachers, interns as peer-teachers, and community experts.
Our founding member teachers each have 20+ years of experience teaching, and hold graduate degrees in education.
We believe in STEM + Art + Metacognition + Mindfulness for all of Hawai'i's keiki from the earliest age.
Dr. Phaedra Robinson
Founder & CEO
"These robots changed my life! I first met Kebbi the coding robot in 2021, online at a USC Rossier School of Education alumni networking event. I fell in love with this adorable little robot, and was inspired by the infinite possibilities for children to create and learn about coding by programming robots.
In 2022, with over 30 years of teaching experience from preschool to college, and graduate degrees in Education, I created an impactful program in a field that I am very passionate about-Computer Science and Educational Technology! "
In RAI Hawai'i's first year we created or sponsored over 17 free mobile Makerspaces with 'coding playgrounds' all over the island of Oahu reaching over 250 kids aged 3-23 in a mission to bring the movement of "Coding for All" to include all of Hawai'i's and Pacific Island keiki.
Dr. Laura Morrison - Dr. Morrison our research partner holds a doctorate in Education and is an associate professor at Ontario Tech University. She is an experienced educator and researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Teaching and research areas include online and HyFlex pedagogies, critical digital literacies, maker pedagogies, AI in education and qualitative research methods.Her areas of expertise include online teaching and learning, critical digital literacies, and making STEAM for education.