{"id":22571,"date":"2019-12-11T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=22571"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:55:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:55:52","slug":"codable-robots-for-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/codable-robots-for-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Codable robots for storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Although digital tutorials and online coding platforms are great tools<\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">, adding physical objects to the mix brings a new dimension to learning how to code. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, codable robots can help students learn to code, but more importantly the students are <em>coding to learn<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Much of the earliest research around using physical objects as learning objects was conducted at MIT more than 50 years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-22571 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/codable-robots-for-storytelling\/hocimage2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage2-300x228.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage2-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage2.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22582'>\n\t\t\t\tThe first working turtle robot was created at MIT in 1969. (photo by Wallace Feurzeig, BBN).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/codable-robots-for-storytelling\/hocimage3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage3-300x195.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage3-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage3.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22581'>\n\t\t\t\t In 1972, BBN engineer Paul Wexelblat designed and built the first wireless floor turtle, dubbed &#8220;Irving&#8221;.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/codable-robots-for-storytelling\/hocimage4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage4-300x251.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage4-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage4.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22580'>\n\t\t\t\tThese physical objects (also known as The Turtle) were seen as a metaphor, an &#8220;object-to-think-with&#8221; (Papert 1980:p. 12).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/cyberneticzoo.com\/cyberneticanimals\/1969-the-logo-turtle-seymour-papert-marvin-minsky-et-al-american\/\">Images courtesy The Cybernetic Zoo<\/a>)<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as computing power has increased and become more affordable, access to codable robots for students has increased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Visual\u2019 representation of algorithms that may otherwise feel abstract can be learned by young children even before they learn to read. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codable robots can help students visualize mathematical concepts, and with the right prompt they can be used to help students develop science and engineering practices, also. They connect to many literacy standards, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students in Waitsfield, Warren, and Fayston used their creativity, found and crafting materials to create a new character who glows. Plus, a fantasy habitat for that character.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22575 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage9-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage9-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage9-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage9-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage9-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage9.png 1310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The students placed their characters around a masking table grid, and then used code to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200814170637\/https:\/\/www.terrapinlogo.com\/beebot.html\">help their Beebots<\/a> travel to the different\u00a0 characters. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the students became more comfortable using code to direct the robots, they started to add obstacles for the robots to navigate around.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22573 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage11-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage11-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage11-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage11-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage11-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage11.png 1310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students\u00a0 were invited to design their character that could glow and travel when placed <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.ozobot.com\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=search&amp;utm_campaign=branded&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA58fvBRAzEiwAQW-hzXFdekVDwbG5pSUXnZ6DEzJ7HsBlaHmtA7Je7PVZmI6Edbxx6QIyQxoCmSYQAvD_BwE\">on top of an Ozobot<\/a>. Ozobot stations were available for the the students to test their creations. The students then used their characters as story prompt for their upcoming writing assignments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These students at Shaftsbury Elementary School, in Shaftsbury VT, not only created characters and coded them to move and glow along a story arc, but also assembled simple circuits. They embedded the circuits in glowing book covers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22572 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage12-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage12-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage12-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage12-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage12-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hocimage12.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does your school have codable robots?\u00a0 How are you using them to help students learning to code or code to learn? How are you integrating them into various disciplines?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although digital tutorials and online coding platforms are great tools, adding physical objects to the mix brings a new dimension to learning how to code. 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