TA Day 2016 Uruguay

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Between October 31 and November 4, several workshops had been made to share between different actors of the Uruguayan educational community experiences and ideas about the didactical use of TurtleArt.

Music Blocks workshop by Andrea Vásquez
Music Blocks workshop by Andrea Vásquez

Some of the workshops shown different possibilities for connecting the computer with the real world via sensors, music and robots many others where given by students, showing hacks they had made specially using robots. Combining different kits or adding new parts that doesn't exist in the former kit to create new uses.

A new version of the turtleBlocks plugin Xevents, was presented showing the possibility to create tech tools that enhance computing for people with disabilities.

Xevents workshop

The workshops take place along the country not only in the capital, Montevideo, but also in other cities and locations like Cerro Colorado, Florida, Maldonado, Treinta y Tres and Artigas.

Xevents workshop
lego robot workshop
lego robot workshop