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I run a robotics club at a high school and some of the students volunteer with our school's special needs community after school. They told me that many of their peers with developmental disabilities are really into robots and technology and wanted to do a robotics-related activity with them. I absolutely love the idea and want to make it happen but, based on the special needs students learning capabilities, the RPis and Arduinos that we use will definitely be too complicated for them. The club that volunteers with the kids has a good bit of fundraiser money that they are willing to spend on kits for the kids to put together, but they would like me to find one. I'm leaning more toward Micro:bit or LEGO Education, but I'm not too sure. It would need to be something that the kids can follow an instruction manual to put together, and then my robotics students can guide them through the process of block-coding their robots and using a remote control to do fun little obstacles and stuff. Which will be more simple to deal with, Micro:bit or LEGO? If neither, any other suggestions?
Many of the kids are on the spectrum or have learning disabilities, so it needs to be something simple that could be done by like elementary level kids. I know this might sound kind of pointless, but I really want to make this happen because the students are really passionate about connecting with their special needs peers, so any recommendations will be greatly valued. Thank you!![:D]( "Very Happy")
I run a robotics club at a high school and some of the students volunteer with our school's special needs community after school. They told me that many of their peers with developmental disabilities are really into robots and technology and wanted to do a robotics-related activity with them. I absolutely love the idea and want to make it happen but, based on the special needs students learning capabilities, the RPis and Arduinos that we use will definitely be too complicated for them. The club that volunteers with the kids has a good bit of fundraiser money that they are willing to spend on kits for the kids to put together, but they would like me to find one. I'm leaning more toward Micro:bit or LEGO Education, but I'm not too sure. It would need to be something that the kids can follow an instruction manual to put together, and then my robotics students can guide them through the process of block-coding their robots and using a remote control to do fun little obstacles and stuff. Which will be more simple to deal with, Micro:bit or LEGO? If neither, any other suggestions?
Many of the kids are on the spectrum or have learning disabilities, so it needs to be something simple that could be done by like elementary level kids. I know this might sound kind of pointless, but I really want to make this happen because the students are really passionate about connecting with their special needs peers, so any recommendations will be greatly valued. Thank you!
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