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Direct linkNicholas, Howard; Ng, Wan – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
While the ready-made Lego[TM] Robotics kits are popular in schools and are used by students at both primary and secondary year levels, using the Picaxe microcontroller (chip) to create simple electronic devices, including robotic devices is less popular. The latter imposes an additional challenge as a result of the need to construct the universal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Watching, Creating and Achieving: Creative Technologies as a Conduit for Learning in the Early Years
McDonald, Susan; Howell, Jennifer – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This paper describes the use of robotics in an Early Years classroom as a tool to aid the development of technological skills in a creative environment rich with literacy and numeracy opportunities. The pilot project illustrates how a three-phase process can result in the development of: (1) emergent literacy and numeracy, (2) digital access for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Numeracy, Engineering
