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Robotics as a Vehicle for Multiliteracies

Robotics as a Vehicle for Multiliteracies
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Author(s): Marissa J. Saville (Scotch Oakburn College, Australia)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 21
Source title: Multiliteracies and Technology Enhanced Education: Social Practice and the Global Classroom
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Darren Lee Pullen (University of Tasmania, Australia)and David R. Cole (University of Technology - Sydney, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-673-0.ch013

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Abstract

This chapter is a catalyst for encouraging educators to use robotics as a vehicle for multiliteracies. This chapter will provide compelling, practical evidence of the multimodal nature of robotics, highlighting the potential of robotics to encompass any or all of the linguistic, spatial, visual, audio and gestural elements of multiliteracies, as described by the New London Group (1996). The social and technological benefits for both genders arising from the integration of robotics into the curriculum, and their importance in a rapidly changing world are discussed, as is the need for educators to learn how to facilitate a learning environment that entices students to take risks and solve problems through the development of higherorder thinking skills. Robotics crosses curriculum boundaries, and engages and motivates students of all ages by making learning directed and real.

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