Technology in Education

Robotics in Education

Robotics Goals

Why Robotics?

Links to the New Zealand Curriculum

Robotics is the branch of technology that focuses on design, construction, operation, development and application of robots.  In creating and making robots work, students use computer systems to control, provide sensory feedback and create computer programming processing codes to control a robots function. In Robotic technology classes at RPS the students will be learning about the relevance of robotics as well as the purpose and changes that robotics are making within society. 

 

For students to work through a process of building, reviewing and designing robotics that can meet a set criteria/ task or function, as well as being able to competently programme robotics. Our vision is then to take our RPS robots to a National RoboCup Junior competition later in the year (Dates and event details to come).

Almost every aspect of our daily life – food, health care, transport, communications, entertainment, our environment – uses technology. The aim of the Technology curriculum is for students to learn practical skills in developing models, products and systems; to learn about technology as a field of intervention by design, exploring how historical and contemporary technologies are used to meet human needs and opportunities. (NZ Curriculum, 2007).

This curriculum area requires creative and critical thinking, problem solving skills, as well as links with other curriculum areas such as Science and Social Sciences. English and Mathematics are also incorporated as the students apply these skills in authentic, real life contexts just like adults do in their positions of employment.

Technological Knowledge & Practice