ScratchJr vs CapiBot

With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) learn important new skills as they program their own interactive stories and games. By snapping together graphical programming blocks, children can make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. In the process, children learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer. They also use math and language in a meaningful and motivating context, supporting the development of early-childhood numeracy and literacy. With ScratchJr, children don’t just learn to code, they code to learn. ScratchJr was inspired by the popular Scratch programming language (http://scratch.mit.edu), used by millions of people (ages 8 and up) around the world. The ScratchJr interface and programming language were redesigned to make them appropriate for younger children’s cognitive, personal, social, and emotional development. ScratchJr is a collaboration between the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab, the Developmental Technologies research group at Tufts University, and the Playful Invention Company. The ScratchJr project has received generous financial support from the National Science Foundation (NSF DRL-1118664), Scratch Foundation, LEGO Foundation, and British Telecommunications. If you enjoy using this free app, please consider making a donation to the Scratch Foundation (www.scratchfoundation.org), a nonprofit organization that provides ongoing support for ScratchJr. We appreciate donations of all sizes, large and small.

CapiBot is the companion app for the CapiBot educational robot, designed to make configuration, programming and classroom use simple and intuitive. With the app, teachers and students can interact with CapiBot through a clear and visual interface, expanding the learning and play possibilities of the robot. CapiBot is designed to introduce children to computational thinking and programming through hands-on activities, movement and experimentation. With the app, you can: * Connect your device to CapiBot via Bluetooth. * Control and program the robot's movements. * Configure the movement step distance. * Select the robot's language. * Adjust the volume level. * Choose CapiBot's identification colour. * View and modify the robot's current settings. Changes made in the app are synchronised with CapiBot so that the robot keeps the selected configuration. The app has been designed to provide a clear and accessible experience for educational environments and to support CapiBot activities in Early Years and Primary Education. CapiBot turns programming into a tangible experience: children can see how their instructions are transformed into real robot movements, encouraging learning through play, exploration and experimentation. A compatible CapiBot robot is required to use all the features of the app.