Go for Dash & Dot Robots
Fun intro to STEM and robotics with remote-control robots
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Go for Dash & Dot Robots
Pros: Lots of options for customization -- sounds, lights, and more.
Cons: Not much depth or complexity to the experience since it's mostly a demo of possibilities.
Bottom Line: If you're looking to explore the Dash & Dot suite of apps, Go offers the best starting place.
Use Go to introduce all ages to what the robots can do. Connect either Dash or Dot and use Go to control them remotely. Controls under different tabs direct locomotion, eye movement, head movement, sounds, and lights. To move Dash, kids use a finger to direct with the circular guide and adjust speed with a slider. The eye moves using a similar circular control, with another slider to control eye brightness. Change the colors of the lights by dragging to their selection on a color spectrum, and have the robots make sounds by touching the icons for different sounds or recording custom sounds.
Dash and Dot are a pair of robots that must be purchased to use with Go for Dash & Dot Robots. A suite of five apps can be used with the robots, progressing from Go, which is like a remote control for the robots, to apps that allow kids to program commands themselves for the robots for follow. The robots require a device with a Bluetooth connection and must be connected to the app each time they're used. Kids can record their own custom sounds for the robots to make. Young students in kindergarten or even pre-K can easily control Dash and Dot using Go before advancing to the more sophisticated apps. Older students will enjoy seeing what Dash and Dot can do before jumping in and making it happen themselves in the other apps.
This starter app acts as a remote control for the Dash and Dot robots, giving students an introduction to the cool things the robots can do and that they'll be able to make them do by writing programs in the other apps. The robots are cute and lifelike with their sounds and expressions, and kids get to control their eye and head movements, where they go, the sounds they make, and the colors they light up. It's delightful for even the youngest kids who may not be ready to handle the code blocks just yet, and it's still smart fun for older kids who are just getting started with Dash and Dot. Still, this is more of an introductory experience and carries with it less learning value than the rest of the suite.
Learning Rating
Great way to introduce robots and critical thinking skills to young students through play.
I thinks its a great tool. There is no assembly required, there is a great tutorial on the Wonder Workshop website to show you how it works, no wifi, good for pre-readers and ELL students. It also meets many of the ITSE standards like global collaborator, and if you use the full suite of apps, the curriculum provided meets the higher levels of the SAMR model. The GO app alone, teaches pre-coding and critical thinking skills and collaboration.
I think the use of the GO app and the entire suite serves kids better because the students are learning through play
and it serves the teacher better because there is no teaching involved. The learning is happening by itself and the students are fully engaged.
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