What is an Edison Robot?
The Edison robot is a small, easy to program robot that has been designed and developed by a South Australian startup. The primary focus of Edison is education and with some unique abilities and Lego integration, it might be just the robot to start your school's STEM, computational thinking and coding adventure.
Why would I use Edison in my classroom?
Unlike many robots available today, Edison has the capacity to span multiple stage groups with ease. With the ability to be programmed with simple barcodes for lower years, block based coding for middle years and python for advanced users these robots could provide a solution that has application across many stages.
Curriculum Connections
Simple and easy integration with Lego building blocks, provides the opportunity to extend the usage of this technology beyond computational thinking and mathematics to Problem Based and Scenario based learning. STEM and STEAM activities are most certainly a possibility in the Edison classroom. The simple and easy nature of the Edison lends itself perfectly to the primary classroom, whilst also being applicable in stage 4. The Edison Education site has a large number of Australian Curriculum linked classroom guides and these are a great way to introduce Edison to your classroom.
Science and Technology - Working Technologically
Mathematics - Working Mathematically
Digital Technologies - TBC
Links to Future Focused Learning
Maker Technologies lend themselves naturally to the experiential classroom, the Edison a perfect platform for designing and prototyping a solution to a real world problem. Robotics also provides a unique way of engaging students in group collaboration activities.
