The iRobot Root rt0 ($129) is equipped with many of the same features and sensors as the original Root rt1, but it's $70 less expensive. The iRobot Root rt0 is equipped with 20-plus sensors that allow it to drive, draw, detect touch, light up, play music, and more. Like its predecessor, the Root rt0 is a two-wheeled, mobile robot designed for kids. It operates based on the coding commands kids give to it via the companion iRobot Coding App. The rt0 offers three levels of coding language – simple graphical blocks for young children to full-text coding for more advanced users.

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Computing jobs are growing at twice the national rate of other types of employment. By 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, the US will have 1 million more computer science-related jobs than graduates qualified to fill them. In December, President Obama announced the Computer Science for All Initiative, pledging 4 billion in funding for computer science education in the nation's schools. Yet all kinds of dysfunction keeps the country from closing the deficit in computer science talent, according to a survey by Google and Gallup. Yes, school budgets are a problem, and teachers have a limited time to devote to additional classes.