Learning with Robots at UNC

This week in “The Maker Movement and Education,” a UNC undergraduate class taught by Professor Keith Sawyer:

This week the students are exploring how to use programmable robots to help children learn. I asked the students to find a lesson plan activity on line, one that uses one of three robots to help children learn math: OZOBOT Evo, Sphero, and Dash. (The robots are surprisingly affordable, around $100 each, but when you buy enough for 35 students you’re talking a couple of thousand dollars! Thank you to the School of Education for supporting this class!)

Here’s a photo of the OZOBOT Evo, being controlled by the smartphone you see.

Here are a few other photos, with OZOBOT Evo and Sphero Mini:


One thought on “Learning with Robots at UNC

  1. thanks for sharing Keith.

    How about LEARNING FROM ROBOTS?

    I have had some teachers and professors and a couple bosses who seemed like they were robots.

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    On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 7:57 AM, The Creativity Guru wrote:

    > keithsawyer posted: “This week in “The Maker Movement and Education,” a > UNC undergraduate class taught by Professor Keith Sawyer: This week the > students are exploring how to use programmable robots to help children > learn. I asked the students to find a lesson plan activity” >

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