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

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