{"id":13000,"date":"2018-01-20T12:23:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T01:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/?p=13000"},"modified":"2019-04-02T15:16:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T04:16:40","slug":"does-lego-boost-have-a-place-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/does-lego-boost-have-a-place-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Does LEGO BOOST Have a Place in Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boost-box-e1516411095494.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13001 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boost-box-e1516411095494-300x211.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boost-box-e1516411095494-300x211.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boost-box-e1516411095494-768x541.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boost-box-e1516411095494.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LEGO BOOST was released in 2017,\u00a0 joining MINDSTORMS and WeDo in the LEGO robotics line-up. Unlike those two products, BOOST was designed solely for the retail market. BOOST has received rave reviews and a number of awards.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it is not designed for educational settings, does BOOST have anything to offer educators? The answer is a qualified yes.<\/p>\n<p>First, the pros:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BOOST has an easy-to-learn block-style programming environment.<\/li>\n<li>The set is brick-based, making it easier for novices to get started building than the beam-and-peg environment of MINDSTORMS.<\/li>\n<li>BOOST is geared towards an older audience than WeDo, making it more appealing for use with upper-elementary and middle-school students.<\/li>\n<li>BOOST comes with three motors, two of them built into the hub, making it more powerful than the WeDo set, which has only one motor.<\/li>\n<li>A BOOST set costs less than either a MINDSTORMS set or a WeDo set, making it attractive for those on a tight budget.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the cons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The BOOST software is tablet-based; it does not work on laptops or Chromebooks.<\/li>\n<li>The building and programming activities included with the BOOST set are designed for an individual user. They are appealing but highly structured and time-consuming\u2014well suited for a single child, but not a good fit for classroom or club use.<\/li>\n<li>The LEGO pieces come in one large box; there is no storage tray.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My verdict: Although LEGO BOOST is a great set for home use, it is not a good fit for a formal classroom. If,\u00a0however, you&#8217;re running a makerspaces or an afterschool club, you may find it suits your needs well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGO BOOST was released in 2017,\u00a0 joining MINDSTORMS and WeDo in the LEGO robotics line-up. Unlike those two products, BOOST was designed solely for the retail market. BOOST has received rave reviews and a number of awards. Even though it is not designed for educational settings, does BOOST have anything to offer educators? The answer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":13001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[603],"tags":[590,123],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13000"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}