TY - GEN
T1 - Fostering Science and Technology Interest in Chilean Children with Educational Robot Kits
AU - Navarrete, Patricio
AU - Nettle, Cristóbal J.
AU - Oliva, Constanza
AU - Solis, Miguel A.
PY - 2016/12/14
Y1 - 2016/12/14
N2 - These days stand on a digital era, where science and technology are two key concepts for understanding the fundamentals of devices people cope daily. In order to increase the population size of at least, technology-friendly users, fostering the algorithmic thinking process on children is a crucial step and has taken more relevance every year. This document presents the experience of a group of students highly-committed to present to children the exciting underlying concepts found on robotics, through practical sessions whose ending is marked by a national competition for school children, where the acquired solving problems skills using robotics can be tested. These courses have been extended both on impact and physical locations: some children are taken to compete at RoboCup Junior, and there has been an increasing interest of attend to these free courses on several places from all over the country.
AB - These days stand on a digital era, where science and technology are two key concepts for understanding the fundamentals of devices people cope daily. In order to increase the population size of at least, technology-friendly users, fostering the algorithmic thinking process on children is a crucial step and has taken more relevance every year. This document presents the experience of a group of students highly-committed to present to children the exciting underlying concepts found on robotics, through practical sessions whose ending is marked by a national competition for school children, where the acquired solving problems skills using robotics can be tested. These courses have been extended both on impact and physical locations: some children are taken to compete at RoboCup Junior, and there has been an increasing interest of attend to these free courses on several places from all over the country.
KW - Children robotics education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85010297404&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/LARS-SBR.2016.27
DO - 10.1109/LARS-SBR.2016.27
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85010297404
T3 - Proceedings - 13th Latin American Robotics Symposium and 4th Brazilian Symposium on Robotics, LARS/SBR 2016
SP - 121
EP - 126
BT - Proceedings - 13th Latin American Robotics Symposium and 4th Brazilian Symposium on Robotics, LARS/SBR 2016
A2 - Cavalcante, Sergio Vanderlei
A2 - Tonidandel, Flavio
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 13th Latin American Robotics Symposium and 4th Brazilian Symposium on Robotics, LARS/SBR 2016
Y2 - 8 October 2016 through 12 October 2016
ER -