@cleveland124 £350 for a Switch and a LABO kit is nothing to a school, if it is like my secondary school, the IT department has a budget every month that they are allowed to spend of anything tech related that is relevant to what is being taught. 3 or 4 units for a classroom is nothing.
1- You don't need "custom" Nintendo Switch units, just turn off the WIFI and dont bring any other games apart from LABO, also have you heard of parental controls and passwords? Just use that, and the kids can't access stuff like the E-Shop if it needs an internet connection and password, LABO doesnt require any of them.
2- For one class you dont need 30 of them, you would only need 4 or 5, LABO is meant to be something that is a group project, not indivuals, how will this work you ask? Well in my secondary school we have had Rasberry PI machines, Drones ect. and they are all shared around, and everyone gets a chance.
3- What school do you teach in? Some low end school in a ghetto district? Even then, 99% of kids would see this as a privellage to work with sometihng like this, and not ruin it, like what i said about my school bringing in drones, nobody ruined it, we had fun and coded stuff with it.
4- Again going back to my example, we had drones, Raspberry PI machines, heck even a tiny BB8 remote control robot, 2 of those examples are tiny and could have easily been stolen, but they weren't', because nobody would do such a thing. And in the event that they do, it is easy, nobody leaves the classroom until it is returned. And you could easily look at security cameras or have a bag/coat/pockets search.
Also why do you refer to the idea that only young kids aged 10 and below would use this? Something like this could be used with kids/teens of all ages, even in college/6th form. You seem like the type of teacher that is boring and is all about books and textbooks and reading and listeing and work work work, which is crap since kids dont learn that way, so lighten up a bit and teach your kids fun, new things.
Comments 3
Re: UK Schools Want To Bring The Cardboard Creativity Of Nintendo Labo Into The Classroom
@cleveland124 £350 for a Switch and a LABO kit is nothing to a school, if it is like my secondary school, the IT department has a budget every month that they are allowed to spend of anything tech related that is relevant to what is being taught. 3 or 4 units for a classroom is nothing.
Re: UK Schools Want To Bring The Cardboard Creativity Of Nintendo Labo Into The Classroom
@Heavyarms55 This is all sorts of wrong.
1- You don't need "custom" Nintendo Switch units, just turn off the WIFI and dont bring any other games apart from LABO, also have you heard of parental controls and passwords? Just use that, and the kids can't access stuff like the E-Shop if it needs an internet connection and password, LABO doesnt require any of them.
2- For one class you dont need 30 of them, you would only need 4 or 5, LABO is meant to be something that is a group project, not indivuals, how will this work you ask? Well in my secondary school we have had Rasberry PI machines, Drones ect. and they are all shared around, and everyone gets a chance.
3- What school do you teach in? Some low end school in a ghetto district? Even then, 99% of kids would see this as a privellage to work with sometihng like this, and not ruin it, like what i said about my school bringing in drones, nobody ruined it, we had fun and coded stuff with it.
4- Again going back to my example, we had drones, Raspberry PI machines, heck even a tiny BB8 remote control robot, 2 of those examples are tiny and could have easily been stolen, but they weren't', because nobody would do such a thing. And in the event that they do, it is easy, nobody leaves the classroom until it is returned. And you could easily look at security cameras or have a bag/coat/pockets search.
Also why do you refer to the idea that only young kids aged 10 and below would use this? Something like this could be used with kids/teens of all ages, even in college/6th form. You seem like the type of teacher that is boring and is all about books and textbooks and reading and listeing and work work work, which is crap since kids dont learn that way, so lighten up a bit and teach your kids fun, new things.
Re: Ark: Survival Evolved Spin-Off PixARK Will Roar Onto Switch This Year
@Anti-Matter Its more of an ARK clone with minecraft elements