{"id":3028,"date":"2016-04-20T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/20\/meet-root-the-robot-that-helps-students-understand-programming\/"},"modified":"2016-04-20T16:38:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:38:42","slug":"meet-root-the-robot-that-helps-students-understand-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/20\/meet-root-the-robot-that-helps-students-understand-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Root, the robot that helps students understand programming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kids need to learn how to code.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the common adage around modern education. And of course it would be great if all kids learned a programming language<\/a> or two before they graduated high school, but there\u2019s a steep learning curve you have to break through before you can really get a solid grasp on coding.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: 8 ways you can empower girls to learn coding<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Root<\/a> is a robot that smooths out that curve, allowing anyone who\u2019s new to coding to make sense of the often-unintuitive nature of programming languages. Designed by the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, the magnetic robot glides along metal-backed whiteboards or any horizontal surface, drawing and erasing lines, scanning colors, playing musical notes and displaying different color lights \u2014 all of which you control with a unique programming app. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kids need to learn how to code. It\u2019s the common adage around modern education. And of course it would be great if all kids learned a programming language or two before they graduated high school, but there\u2019s a steep learning … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[959,2319,1782,725],"class_list":["post-3028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-education","tag-programming","tag-robots","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}