Robots and Robotics Kits for Early Childhood and First School Age

Robots and Robotics Kits for Early Childhood and First School Age

Educational Robotics

Robotics kits

Computational Thinking

Coding

Creativity

Critical Thinking

Preschool Education

Primary Education

Educational robotics can consider one of the newest trends in education and they have been introduced into the classrooms ranging from kindergarten through high school as a means of enriching the learning environment and promote knowledge-building activities. Especially, robotics technologies offer opportunities for young age children, for a practical, hands-on understanding of the things they meet in their daily life but do not fully understand, such as proximity sensors, motion detectors, and light sensors, reasoning failures (software bugs) and connection problems (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth disconnection). In this article, we presented robots that can be used in early childhood and first primary classes of education. The purpose of this article is not to advocate against an educational robot or robotic kit but indeed to inform the educational community so that to make informed decisions regarding the introduction of this kind of technology into the classroom.

Papadakis, Stamatios

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 14 No. 18 (2020); pp. 34-56

1865-7923

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

2020-11-10

Copyright (c) 2020 Stamatios Papadakis

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