Our team of dedicated educators, robot designers and curriculum developers has worked with the new sets for several weeks now, so we can discuss it all and help you make an informed decision. How different is LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 (45300) from what we are used to with WeDo 1.0 (9580)? Which one is better for the classroom or for homeschooling? Is it time to upgrade? In 2016, LEGO Education launched a new version of its WeDo™ robotics set. Design and development for WeDo 2.0, as well as teaching both children and adults using this set has been pure pleasure for the last couple of years. And that's no exaggeration.Įven in RoboCamp team, this set has been one of our favorites for years. On the dynamic market of educational tools for programming and robotics, where at least a dozen new interesting products are launched every year, WeDo 2.0 remains the unparallelled champion. The set is child-friendly, well prepared for learning at school, and has an unbeatable price to possibilities ratio. Today, after almost 5 years working with this set, we state with confidence that WeDo 2.0 is the best set for teaching kids robotics created by LEGO Education.įrom the teacher's perspective, there's just no better educational tool. Several months later, we published the original ultimate review, where we compared the two versions of this set. The sensor doesn’t kick in til you’re very close so it isn’t handy as a real sentry, but the kids did have fun seeing where they had to be to be seen.In 2016, LEGO Education launched the WeDo 2.0 Core Set. Below is an example a program we wrote to control the attack monkey pictured above. The programming interface was developed by National Instruments and shares the same drag and drop concepts of the NXT but with fewer and simpler blocks. Just consider how long your kids will be able to use it and if you have relatives or friends to pass it down to. I think it is a worthy investment and a good introduction to programming logic for younger kids. The LEGO WeDo and software will set you back about $170 plus shipping. NXT isn’t a lot harder to program and comes with more parts, and software for a additional $100. Older kids like my 10 year old will bore of it quickly so consider skipping straight to the LEGO Mindstorm NXT for them. LEGO says 7+ on the age, but I think most kids who’ve learned not to eat the pieces will do well with it. The WeDo was developed to use in a classroom setting, complete with per seat software licenses and curriculum, but I think it would sell as well or better amongst the Geek community. Way back in August, when I went to National Instruments’ NI Week, I was introduced to a cool new (to me) product by LEGO Education.
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