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Wider Walls for Robotics Mitchel Resnick MIT Media Lab Playful Invention Company

Wider Walls for Robotics Mitchel Resnick MIT Media Lab Playful Invention Company. High Ceiling. Low Floor. High Ceiling. W i d e W a l l s. Low Floor. System in Software. One Reality. Integrating the Physical World and the Virtual World.

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Wider Walls for Robotics Mitchel Resnick MIT Media Lab Playful Invention Company

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  1. Wider Walls for Robotics Mitchel Resnick MIT Media Lab Playful Invention Company

  2. High Ceiling Low Floor

  3. High Ceiling W i d e W a l l s Low Floor

  4. System in Software

  5. One Reality Integrating the Physical World and the Virtual World

  6. More than 5 million unique visitors to the website More than 500,000 downloads of the software More than 250,000 projects uploaded More than 1000 new projects every day Available in more than 40 languages

  7. High Ceiling W i d e W a l l s Low Floor

  8. Traditional LEGO Products High Ceiling Low Floor Narrow walls Wide walls

  9. LEGO Robotics Products High Ceiling Under-populated NXT RCX WeDo Low Floor Narrow walls Wide walls

  10. Widening the Walls for Robotics Integrate robotics throughout the entire LEGO product line Castles as well as bulldozers Support and encourage storytelling projects All children, of all ages, from all backgrounds, love to tell stories Incorporate lights and sounds Children want to record sounds, create music, design patterns of lights One Reality Integrate the physical world and the virtual world Include simple models with little or no mechanism Play value can come from lights, sounds, sensors, and programming Add “softer” high-tech elements Include elements that are smaller, simpler, and more colorful

  11. LEGO DNA Hands-on, Minds-on Exuberance and fun Play that unites Facilitates creativity Modular Open ended Characteristic and recognizable design

  12. LEGO DNA Hands-on, Minds-on Exuberance and fun Play that unites Facilitates creativity Modular Open ended Characteristic and recognizable design

  13. Diversity Many types of projects Many ages Many learning styles Many domains

  14. Widening the Walls for Robotics Integrate robotics throughout the entire LEGO product line Castles as well as bulldozers Support and encourage storytelling projects All children, of all ages, from all backgrounds, love to tell stories Incorporate lights and sounds Children want to record sounds, create music, design patterns of lights Provide a greater variety of sensors Focus especially on sensors that children can directly interact with Include very simple models with little or no mechanism Play value can come from lights, sounds, sensors, and programming Add “softer” high-tech elements Include elements that are smaller, simpler, and more colorful

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