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| Type | Conference or Workshop Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Published in Proceedings | Yes |
| Title | EmbedIT - an Open Embedded Systems Kit for Education |
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| Presentation Type | paper |
| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| ISBN | 978-1-936338-33-7 |
| Page Range | 108 - 113 |
| Event Title | 5th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics (IMSCI11) |
| Event Type | conference |
| Event Location | Orlando, USA |
| Event Start Date | July 19 - 2011 |
| Event End Date | July 22 - 2011 |
| Series Name | Proceedings |
| Number | 1 |
| Abstract Text | Students today are a generation of consumers of technological devices and software. They tend to consider themselves as technology savvy and digital natives. However, this pervasive use of technology seems to encourage mastering the usage of a device rather than the interest to understand the technical details behind it. This might help to explain the decreasing number of enrollments in science and technology disciplines at Universities in the USA as well as in Europe. In this paper we introduce our concept of promoting interest in science and technology through understanding technological gadgets young people are familiar with. We introduce an implementation of this concept, an open embedded systems kit for education (EmbedIT) which currently is under development. Unlike common educational robot kits EmbedIT enables students to access the technical world in a non-engineering focused way. Through a graphical user interface students can play with sensors and actuators and are able to easily implement technological objects using them. We believe that once fascination and a basic understanding of technology has been established, the barrier to learn more advanced topics such as programming and electronics is lowered. Further we describe the hardware and software of EmbedIT, the current state of implementation, and possible applications. |
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