21st Century Learning and Teaching

Flybrix's drone kit lets you build and fly a custom drone using LEGO bricks - and it made for one of the best Tinder dates I've ever been on.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=maker

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Ideas+for+makerspaces

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=LEGO

The San Francisco startup today began selling build-a-drone kits for kids age 14 and up comprised of: LEGO bricks, boom arms and motors that don’t require soldering, and other off the shelf and Flybrix-designed parts.

Once assembled, Flybrix drones are lightweight and meant to be flown indoors. They can be operated with a Bluetooth flight control app for iOS or Android smartphones, or a manual flight controller purchased from the company.

Flybrix drones are also, notably, “crash-friendly,” meaning they can be re-assembled time and again as kids experiment with their designs, and learn how to pilot them.

Co-founders of the startup, Amir Hirsch, Robb Walters and Holly Kasun, want to get teens, or younger kids with adult supervision, interested in things like geometry, aerodynamics and electrical engineering.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=LEGO

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/maker-space-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/