wider walls for robotics mitchel resnick mit media lab playful invention company
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Wider Walls for RoboticsMitchel ResnickMIT Media Lab
Playful Invention Company
Low Floor
High Ceiling
Low Floor
High Ceiling
W i d e W a l l s
System in Software
One Reality
Integrating the Physical Worldand the Virtual World
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
Low Floor
High Ceiling
W i d e W a l l s
Low Floor
Wide walls
High Ceiling
Narrow walls
Traditional LEGO Products
Low Floor
Wide walls
High Ceiling
WeDo
RCX
NXT
Narrow walls
Under-populated
LEGO Robotics Products
Integrate robotics throughout the entire LEGO product lineCastles as well as bulldozers
Support and encourage storytelling projectsAll children, of all ages, from all backgrounds, love to tell stories
Incorporate lights and soundsChildren want to record sounds, create music, design patterns of lights
One RealityIntegrate the physical world and the virtual world
Include simple models with little or no mechanismPlay value can come from lights, sounds, sensors, and programming
Add “softer” high-tech elementsInclude elements that are smaller, simpler, and more colorful
Widening the Walls for Robotics
LEGO DNA
Hands-on, Minds-on
Exuberance and fun
Play that unites
Facilitates creativity
Modular
Open ended
Characteristic and recognizable design
LEGO DNA
Hands-on, Minds-on
Exuberance and fun
Play that unites
Facilitates creativity
Modular
Open ended
Characteristic and recognizable design
Diversity
Many types of projects
Many ages
Many learning styles
Many domains
Integrate robotics throughout the entire LEGO product lineCastles as well as bulldozers
Support and encourage storytelling projectsAll children, of all ages, from all backgrounds, love to tell stories
Incorporate lights and soundsChildren want to record sounds, create music, design patterns of lights
Provide a greater variety of sensorsFocus especially on sensors that children can directly interact with
Include very simple models with little or no mechanismPlay value can come from lights, sounds, sensors, and programming
Add “softer” high-tech elementsInclude elements that are smaller, simpler, and more colorful
Widening the Walls for Robotics