WeDo 2.0 - The future of PF

[deehtha]

Some public schools here the USA can't even afford to repear the hvac systems or the roof. If a school has even one education license, they are either private, or it was a donation.

edit: fixed some types due to autocorrect on my phone

Edited April 5, 2016 by deehtha

[Jay Psi]

At the risk of earning Jim's ire, my experiences mostly line up with what Kelkschiz and deetha have described, although with an increasing number of academies in the UK more local governments are handing over the money to trusts, therefore ridding themselves of any further accountability and oversight. The budgets won't have increased, but with a private enterprise in charge all of a sudden the general public becomes more amenable to saving money from essential services (like paying staff and keeping the building upright) to put towards shiny new toys*.

I've seen senior management come out of five-figure week-long training sessions and keep their EV3/MoreToMaths/StoryStarter sets MISB, while blasting the other teachers for genuinely not having the time to get to grips with them. Thankfully there are plenty of examples of the other side of the coin, genuinely passionate teaching staff who make do with decades-old RCX and NXT bricks - and just plain old System bricks - but still deliver inspiring lessons that open the student's eyes to what can be achieved with Lego.

*I apologize for using this term on a Lego AFOL forum of all places, but this is still the prevailing view of Lego Education and Lego in education. But as long as TLG get their money I guess it doesn't matter, right?

[tismabrick]

Now that Lego announced another programmable Hub with its sensors and motors named Lego Boost I wonder how this compares with WeDo 2.0?

Announcement: https://www.lego.com/en-us/boost