{"id":74249,"date":"2024-09-23T00:02:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T04:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=74249"},"modified":"2024-09-23T00:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T04:02:40","slug":"simple-technologies-that-allow-robots-to-be-built-and-programmed-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/simple-technologies-that-allow-robots-to-be-built-and-programmed-in-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple technologies that allow robots to be built and programmed in class"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the summer, most teachers take advantage of the opportunity to rest from the hustle and bustle of the academic year. However, many others spend part of their holidays refreshing their knowledge and adapting to new ways of teaching. But when it comes to innovation, not everything goes.<\/p>\n

Educational innovation is not just about using digital tools (playing a video in class, using a digital whiteboard, etc.). There are cases where\u00a0digital does not equal innovation<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

In other cases, it is thought that innovation in class requires a continuous use of active methodologies, with those teachers established in\u00a0traditional teaching<\/a>\u00a0being more reluctant to change .<\/p>\n

As with everything in life, virtue lies somewhere in the middle. To innovate, you don’t have to be Bill Gates or constantly playing in class.<\/p>\n

Next, we are going to talk about some teaching innovation tools that\u00a0do not require extensive training for their use<\/a>\u00a0. Knowing these resources can help teachers transform their classrooms\u00a0into true classrooms of the future<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Programming and robotics, not just kids stuff<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Nowadays, it is common to find small robotics games in classrooms, especially in primary schools, that can become real programming projects.<\/p>\n

One of the best known are Lego kits, where students build different robots that they can program with different functions.<\/p>\n

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Lego Boost, one of the most popular robotics kits in classrooms. Lego<\/p><\/div>\n

There are also computer programs like\u00a0Scratch<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Arduino<\/a>\u00a0. Although at first glance all those cables, components and digital code may scare us, it is not at all complicated for a teacher to train and use these resources.<\/p>\n

Especially useful for science projects, Arduino has a wide variety of products and components. Even the codes are available on the internet. Without any programming knowledge, we can create, for example, a robotic arm, a motion detector or go even further with smart homes.<\/p>\n

Home automation at the service of education<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In some science fiction films, a cybernetic entity can control a house, talk to its owners and provide them with everything they need. For example,\u00a0JARVIS<\/a>\u00a0, the personal assistant of the superhero Iron Man.<\/p>\n