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HELLO!

Robotics in Robotics in EducationEducation

Anne Tamblyn ShawWalden University

EDUC 7101-2 Diffusion and Integration ofTechnology in Education

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Robots in EducationRobots in EducationIdentifying the Need

• Industry: performs dull tasks• Military: performs dangerous tasks• Sanitation: performs dirty tasks

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Researching the Problem

• LEGO Building Blocks• University of Colorado – 1994

• RCX Brick

Issues in Development

• Target Audience• Simple Programming Language

• Interchangeable Parts

A Robot in a KitA Robot in a KitCommercialization

MIT Partnership – 1998

Innovation-Decision Process Innovation-Decision Process

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

1961 - First Working Robot Used in GM

Assembly Line

2006 – LEGO Mindstorms NXT Released and 80

teams from 30 Countries attend FIRST

1998 – LEGO Mindstorms Computer Brick is Introduced and the FIRST

LEGO League is Formed

1990 – LEGO Named Top 10 Toy Company

1994 – First LEGO RCX Robotic Brain

1980 – Papert publishes his work advocating constructionism,Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

2008 – WeDo Robots Introduced for

Younger Students

KNOWLEDGE PERSUASION DECISION

IMPLEMENTATION CONFIRMATION

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Communication Channels Communication Channels

FIRST LEGO LeagueFIRST LEGO League

Innovation S-Curve Innovation S-Curve

YEARS

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRST_Lego_League

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Critical Mass is Achieved

LEGO Mindstorms NXT LEGO Mindstorms NXT RobotRobot

CENTRALIZED

Change AgentsChange AgentsChange AgentsChange Agents

Recommended Sites Recommended Sites

• http://mindstorms.lego.com/eng/Israel_dest/Default.aspx

• http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll/content.aspx?id=13056

• http://smart-machines.blogspot.com/2009/08/lego-mindstorms-robot-solves-sudoku.html

• http://mindstorms.lego.com/eng/Movies/default.aspx

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVN21yRUVvU

ConclusionConclusion

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Please, adopt me!

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LEGO Mindstorms – Wikipedia the free encyclopedia. Retrieved September 29, 2009 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms

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