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Storytellers and engineers in early childhood: developing technological fluency by making robots

Storytellers and engineers in early childhood: developing technological fluency by making robots. Marina U. Bers Dept. of Child Development Computer Science Dept. DevTech Research Group Tufts University Marina.bers@tufts.edu. What is robotics?. Mechanics and Electronics

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Storytellers and engineers in early childhood: developing technological fluency by making robots

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  1. Storytellers and engineers in early childhood: developing technological fluency by making robots Marina U. Bers Dept. of Child Development Computer Science Dept. DevTech Research Group Tufts University Marina.bers@tufts.edu

  2. What is robotics? Mechanics and Electronics Building and Programming Designing and Implementing Engineering and Storytelling Cultural identity and SMET

  3. Little storytellers Little engineers

  4. Engineering and Storytelling 5

  5. Why robotics in early childhood? New generation of building blocks Appropriate for today’s context Child-centered curriculum Engage both little engineers & little storytellers

  6. Robotics curricular web science cause and effect life cycle physical world earth and space literacy reading writing literature extensions story telling ROBOTICS technology/engineering design process simple machines mechanics programming social studies mapping geography history family arts music dramatic arts dance/movement visual arts collage/sculpture math graphing measurement block building number sense geometry patterns

  7. Caring Connection Contribution Competence Confidence Character Positive Technological Development (PTD) interventions Assets Behaviors Technological Tools Communication Outcomes Collaboration Self Improvement Before After Community- Building Contribution to society Content Creation Creativity Choices of Conduct Personal development trajectory within a socio cultural context

  8. Families create a robotic project that represents their cultural identity • chose a culture to explore, • decide the materials to use, • manage the resources and time-frame, • resolve the technological challenges (both programming and mechanics), • create narratives around the final project • Make a website documenting the experience Project InterActions: families with young children & culture

  9. Tangible Kindergarten

  10. Want more ? Marina.Bers@tufts.edu http://www.tufts.edu/~mbers01/ “Blocks to Robots: Learning with Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom”. Marina Umaschi Bers Teacher’s College Press, 2008

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