3 Simple Steps Your Kids Can Take to Learn Programming — And Play With Robots! – CES 2015

Ozobot

Whoever said, “Learning can’t be fun” never had an Ozobot. One of the challenges that educators face today is how to make learning fun and interactive. Ozobot is a fun, creative, programmable robot that will help your child (age 8 and up) develop some of the critical thinking skills necessary for fields like computer programming – and they’ll have fun in the process.

Here’s how Ozobot works:

  1. Get some paper and markers
  2. Draw lines – straight, curved, letters, etc.
  3. Watch Ozobot go

While this is simplifying the process, it’s not too much of an exaggeration. Ozobot “senses” color lines, patterns and intersections. Draw a line or pattern onto a piece of paper and Ozobot will literally follow the path you’ve laid out. With Ozobot being programmable for up to 500 commands or Ozocodes, you’ll be able to your robot going left, right, fast, slow or even dancing. Yes, dancing.

Ozobot’s small size, intelligence and versatility make it into the ultimate smart game piece that plays in both physical and digital worlds.” – Evollve’s CTO, Armen Kroyan, PhD

Ozobot is a great way to introduce children to programming – a skillset that many schools aren’t currently addressing in their curricula. With Ozobot, your kids will learn some of the basic programming skills and have fun with a cute, robotic friend that’s small enough to fit in your pocket and take anywhere.

Simply put, we want to engage today’s digital generation with products like Ozobot…” ` Evollve VP, Marketing Anouk Zisa

Evollve has done a great job helping teachers expand from STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to STREAM (Science, Technology, Robotics, Engineering, Art and Math) with products like Ozobot. You owe it to yourself to take a closer look at Ozobot available now for $49.99.

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2015-01-08T03:01:34+00:00

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