Think globally, build locally: A technological platform for low-cost, open-source, locally-assembled programmable bricks for education

TEI'10 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 231-232

  Sipitakiat, Arnan ^a   Blikstein, Paulo ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate technologies; Construction kits; Constructionism; Educational robotics; Open source; Probeware

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; CONSTRUCTION KIT; CONSTRUCTIONISM; EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS; OPEN-SOURCE;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 77950809137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1709886.1709931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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