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04-20-2016, 01:05 PM
Meet Root, the robot that helps students understand programming
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Kids need to learn how to code.
It’s the common adage around modern education. And of course it would be great if all kids learned a programming language (http://mashable.com/category/programming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) or two before they graduated high school, but there’s a steep learning curve you have to break through before you can really get a solid grasp on coding.
SEE ALSO: 8 ways you can empower girls to learn coding (http://mashable.com/2016/01/27/girls-coding-how-to-help/)
Root (http://www.rootrobot.io/) is a robot that smooths out that curve, allowing anyone who’s new to coding to make sense of the often-unintuitive nature of programming languages. Designed by the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, the magnetic robot glides along metal-backed whiteboards or any horizontal surface, drawing and erasing lines, scanning colors, playing musical **tes and displaying different color lights — all of which you control with a unique programming app. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/root-programming-coding/)
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Kids need to learn how to code.
It’s the common adage around modern education. And of course it would be great if all kids learned a programming language (http://mashable.com/category/programming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) or two before they graduated high school, but there’s a steep learning curve you have to break through before you can really get a solid grasp on coding.
SEE ALSO: 8 ways you can empower girls to learn coding (http://mashable.com/2016/01/27/girls-coding-how-to-help/)
Root (http://www.rootrobot.io/) is a robot that smooths out that curve, allowing anyone who’s new to coding to make sense of the often-unintuitive nature of programming languages. Designed by the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, the magnetic robot glides along metal-backed whiteboards or any horizontal surface, drawing and erasing lines, scanning colors, playing musical **tes and displaying different color lights — all of which you control with a unique programming app. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/root-programming-coding/)
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