Teaching Mathematics Through Robotics
Teaching Mathematics Through Robotics
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Ashley has been in the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Developer Programme since 2006 and is involved in the UK launch of the new EV3 generation (2013). He teaches robotics part-time at several schools in Shropshire, and manages the Roberta® Regional Centre for the Midlands and Wales.
Ashley brings to TMTR 15 years' experience with LEGO® MINDSTORMS® and 30 years' experience in STEM education.
Ashley’s research background is in solar energy. From 1988 to 2002 he lectured in physics, space science and engineering science at Oxford Brookes University. He has been RoboFesta Research Fellow at The Open University since 2002. He is a member of the RoboCup Internal Advisory Council and helped run every international RoboCup event from 2003 to 2011. He was RoboCupJunior General Chair for RoboCup 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Ashley A. Green
Ashley Green (left) and Garry Redrup (right) with Prof. Mitchel Resnick (centre) at the MIT Media Lab - birthplace of LEGO® MINDSTORMS®.
Garry is a mathematics teacher who introduced LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT as an after school enrichment at Meole Brace School in Shrewsbury in 2007. With support from Ashley Green, he coached a team for the FIRST® LEGO® League 2008 Climate Connections challenge.
Using Constructionism - a theory of learning developed by Seymour Papert (co-creator of the LOGO programming language and author of "MINDSTORMS: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas") - and with technical support from Ashley Green, Garry has developed a number of practical and engaging mathematical activities and open-ended challenges using the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT robotics system.
The constructionist approach to learning naturally leads the teacher to work alongside the students so that they learn together.
Garry Redrup
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