I gave a talk at the University of Colorado’s Computer Science Colloquium a couple of months ago. It’s kind of long (and totally unedited), but if you’re curious about the history of Cubelets and some other related projects, here you go:
Creating Classroom Leaders with Cubelets
Michael Jaber has seen first-hand the profound effect Cubelets robot blocks have on students. Students who tended to sit back now step up and lead;