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MBot

Typology
Technological
Resource description
Robots available on the market in which can be programmed with Scratch. One of these is the mBot Robot produced by Make- block Co. Ltd.
https://www.makeblock.com/pages/mbot-robot-kit
Sample of use in education with students with IDD
Students can collaboratively program the robot to solve challenges.
Difficulties to which it could be applied
Emotional Regulation
  • Anxiety
  • Regulating Emotions
Emotional Regulation, Social Communication Challenges
  • Making/Keeping friends
  • Problems initiating and maintaining conversations
Executive Functioning and Flexibility
  • Short attention span
Executive Functioning and Flexibility, Learning and Cognitive Challenges
  • Sharing a common focus
  • Time management
Executive Functioning and Flexibility, Repetitive Behaviors and Restricted Interests
  • Impulsiveness
  • Mental rigidity, need to follow routines
Repetitive Behaviors and Restricted Interests, Specialized Skills and Talents
  • Intense focus
  • Memory and attention to detail
Repetitive Behaviors and Restricted Interests, Sensory Processing and Sensitivities
  • Specific sensory preferences
Sensory Processing and Sensitivities
  • Sensory Information Management
  • Sensory overload
  • Sensory-perceptual self-stimulation behaviors
Learning Objetives
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Flexibility
  • Engage in abstract thinking and Symbolic Though
  • Facilitating Peer Interaction and Social Interaction Skills
  • Improving knowledge application
  • Improving Social Communication Skills
  • Learning Arts concepts
  • Learning competences
  • Learning Engineering concepts
  • Learning Maths concepts
  • Learning Technology concepts
  • Organization of space
  • Organization of time
  • Promote self-management
  • Regulating hyperactivity