Second, participants planned to use robots for teaching STEM because of benefits of learning STEM via robots, as long as the
school affords and allows teaching with robots. Participants emphasized that STEM knowledge could be taught through
robotics. One participant stated, “I think the robotics would be kind of unrelated subject without STEM. You could teach in the
classroom, but it would kind of be just a fun activity. It wouldn't be necessarily educationally related.” Their plan to use robots
for STEM teaching, however, was not just for STEM content learning but also for learning the processes of learning such as
communications, collaborations, and critical thinking, as illustrated in the following comment: