Google RISE Award 2013 Given to Educational Project
Feb 21, 2013
Russia’s Tirnet is one of 30 companies in the world that will receive funding this year as part of the Google RISE Award 2013, which supports education initiatives. RISE, which stands for Roots in Science and Engineering, provides funding and support to organizations internationally that are working on education in science and technology. The grant will be used by Tirnet to develop an English language version its product and to promote it to the international education community.
The company’s ScratchDuino project was conceived as a means of interacting with the physical environment of Scratch - a visual programming environment, which develops the idea of Logo created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
ScratchDuino Roboplatform was developed by the designers at Tirnet as part of ScratchDuino and is aimed at teaching students the basics of programming by using data derived directly from the environment. It provides a set of finished modules to create a robotic mechanism for transmitting information about external influences to the computer and using software created by students to solve problems.
SkretchDuino Roboplatform allows students to learn how to work with major microelectronic components and how to calibrate and configure sensors and then use the resulting data in the program. Roboplatform can be controlled from anywhere. It can be done using Scratch, Lazarus and Kumir (through a translator) or by remote control (from an Android smartphone, for example).
Roboplatform is provided as free and open-source software. All the necessary instructions and lists of parts can be downloaded from the project website and can be assembed in an hour.
Previously, the ScratchDuino project was supported by the Fund for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology (Bortnik Fund).
The Mezon.Ru Group was founded in spring 2000 in St. Petersburg. Its main activities include software, the introduction and promotion of free software and open source software-based solutions, the development of Internet radio and the development of Internet content for children.
Education projects for schools based on the ScratchDuino platform are designed to acquaint youth with programming capabilities and to allow them to gain experience in creating programs that can address the specific problems of coursework using external data.
The company’s ScratchDuino project was conceived as a means of interacting with the physical environment of Scratch - a visual programming environment, which develops the idea of Logo created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
ScratchDuino Roboplatform was developed by the designers at Tirnet as part of ScratchDuino and is aimed at teaching students the basics of programming by using data derived directly from the environment. It provides a set of finished modules to create a robotic mechanism for transmitting information about external influences to the computer and using software created by students to solve problems.
SkretchDuino Roboplatform allows students to learn how to work with major microelectronic components and how to calibrate and configure sensors and then use the resulting data in the program. Roboplatform can be controlled from anywhere. It can be done using Scratch, Lazarus and Kumir (through a translator) or by remote control (from an Android smartphone, for example).
Roboplatform is provided as free and open-source software. All the necessary instructions and lists of parts can be downloaded from the project website and can be assembed in an hour.
Previously, the ScratchDuino project was supported by the Fund for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology (Bortnik Fund).
The Mezon.Ru Group was founded in spring 2000 in St. Petersburg. Its main activities include software, the introduction and promotion of free software and open source software-based solutions, the development of Internet radio and the development of Internet content for children.
Education projects for schools based on the ScratchDuino platform are designed to acquaint youth with programming capabilities and to allow them to gain experience in creating programs that can address the specific problems of coursework using external data.