Entries with Names starting with 'A'
Anybot - robots in the classroom
Description: Anybots is a virtual presence company based in the USA.
Anybots, Inc. offers one of the most interactive forms of communication available today by providing the user with a personal remote avatar that can be controlled through a simple browser-based interface, with intuitive controls allowing for a truly immersive experience. With Anybots the user can instantly be immersed in a distant environment experiencing the forefront of a new class of communication called mobile telepresence.
Researchers in Lyon want to use mobile robots in classrooms that can be controlled by children with medical needs. This allows the children to watch their classmates and join in with collaborative work and can also communicate with them.
The student can have lessons whenever possible without having to leave home or the hospital.
This would be a wonderful service for a disabled student who needs very intensive and one-to-one training or when they need to engage with a teacher who particularly understands their illness.
Target group:
- teacher/assistant
- ICT staff school
- parent
- learner elem. sch.
- learner sec. sch.
- policy maker
Apprendere a scuola ed in ospedale verso un Modello Europeo (Towards a European Model) - ITA
Description: [ITALIAN VERSION - Other versions in Italian, English, Arabic, Spanish, Flemish and French are available]. What is presented in this document is not a finished European model of Home and Hospital Education (HHE) for children and youngsters with medical needs, as the HHE situation, as well as education in general, is too complex and diverse across all the European countries. However, what the LeHo project achieved was to identify important building blocks and a number of relationships between them to create a model, on the basis of which important recommendations can be formulated for policy makers and professionals at various levels.
Target group:
- policy maker
Aventura TokTok
Description: Aventura TokTok is a platform that creates a virtual network for the promotion of interaction between children in hospitals. It offers them the possibility to create, update and publish their own drawings, strips, animated characters and even radio.
Target group:
- learner elem. sch.
- learner sec. sch.