Using Robotics to Teach Computer Programming(nytimes.com)

Using Robotics to Teach Computer Programming

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/business/using-robotics-to-teach-computer-programming.html?hpw&rref=education&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHedThumbWell&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

3 comments

VLM12 lat temu

The history of "robots used to teach computing" is interesting, the language "logo" and physical turtles that run on it. Roughly Apple II era. Also the heathkit HERO robot series, still perhaps the best machine hardware of the genre.

scholia12 lat temu

Floor turtles were very popular in UK schools. Also, Big Trak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trak

josephlord12 lat temu

They were using Bee-bots with the youngest children at my son's school last week (mostly 4 year olds still).

http://www.bee-bot.us/bee-bot/bee-bot.html

KhalilK12 lat temu

Minecraft's ComputerCraft turtles anyone?

kaoD12 lat temu

You mean Logo's turtles :P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)

Which I just learnt is in turn based on:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(robot)

xavierxf-12 lat temu

He means these: http://computercraft.info/wiki/Turtle