TIS Weekly (#106): Robots In The Classroom
[June 18th, 2017]
Throwback Thurs..err Sunday. At my primary school we had a set of five computers which were only sparingly used, we had a huge library of ten-page informative books around a variety of topics, my fellow classmates didn’t have cellphones yet and whiteboards were absent as well. In addition, Pokémon was still a card game..
Back then, we didn’t think anything was lacking, but looking at how information now finds it way to school children via technology, I believe the richness of education has definitely increased. This week, let’s look at how robot technology can add to the curricular.
Theme | EDUCATION
Dash & Dot
With these programmable toy robots from Wonder Workshop, children can learn how to code on mobile devices. They listen to sounds, respond to lights and notice objects. They are aimed at children from age 5 up to 12.
Theme | EDUCATION
The wooden robot toy
Cubetto is the wooden ‘brother’ from the Dash & Dot robots above. It’s a programmable robot for kids aged 3–7. The Primotoys robot comes with its own wooden board, so mobile devices (fragile in the hands of very young children) are not needed.
Theme | EDUCATION
Educational LEGO
LEGO Mindstorms is a LEGO set, which comes with the programmable EV3-block. Students age 11 and up, design a program on the computer and upload it to this EV3-block to put their self-built robot to work.
Theme | EDUCATION
Robot writing coaches
This CoWriter Project from the Computer-Human Interaction Lab for Learning & Instruction (CHILI) is looking into the acquisition of handwriting skills and lets children teach the robots how to write. Learning by teaching builds the children’s self-esteem and makes them reflect on their own errors.
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