{"id":4765,"date":"2018-05-03T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T14:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.generationrobots.com\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2023-05-24T15:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T13:17:51","slug":"education-resources-inirobot-thymio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/en\/education-resources-inirobot-thymio\/","title":{"rendered":"Inirobot Educational resources for Thymio II"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4765\" class=\"elementor elementor-4765\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14385a2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14385a2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2488e08a\" data-id=\"2488e08a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684051b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"684051b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Inirobot is a sequence of educational activities which will allow pupils and teachers to become acquainted with robotics. The robotic platform chosen for the implementation of this project is the educational robot Thymio II. With its small size, light weight and colored leds, the Thymio II is the ideal learning tool for kids!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <b>3 key learning objectives<\/b> of the Inirobot module are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learning a new (and probably first) <b>computer language<\/b>: the VPL (Visual Programming Language) which was developed at the EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne)<\/li>\n<li>Creating <b>computer programs and instructions<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Finding out more about <b>electronic circuits<\/b> and the <b>robot\/computer communication and mechanics<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The project team Flowers has also made an <b>extensive resources package<\/b> available to the teachers\/facilitators:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learning objectives for each sequence<\/li>\n<li>Activity management roadmaps (inc. all the assignments answers for the teachers)<\/li>\n<li>Robot software datasheet, installation guide and user guide<\/li>\n<li>Examples of activities and tutorials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also a forum dedicated to this project, all questions and feedbacks are welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A testing phase was launched in <a class=\"catalogue\" title=\"Article du blog Binaire pour le journal Le Monde au sujet d'IniRobot\" href=\"http:\/\/binaire.blog.lemonde.fr\/2014\/06\/11\/decouverte-de-la-robotique-a-lecole-primaire-quand-la-recherche-se-met-au-service-de-leducation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several school in Aquitaine<\/a>,<br \/>in May and June 2014, and the Inirobot learning module has been since then implemented in schools located in Talence (Bordeaux) and Lille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a class=\"catalogue\" title=\"Discover the different levels of Thymio robot programming\" href=\"\/blog\/en\/the-different-levels-of-thymio-robot-programming\/\">Discover the different levels of Thymio robot programming<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inirobot is a sequence of educational activities which will allow pupils and teachers to become acquainted with robotics. 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