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Originally Posted by sgeckler
There are quite a few detailed comments in support of VEX IQ for middle school curriculum. What about for elementary after-school programs? It seems like the capability of the VEX IQ system is a little overpowering for elem ed after school. Thoughts?
Sam
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I'm going to jump on the VEX IQ bandwagon here and say totally.
1111 uses 11 VEX IQ kits for all sorts of ages. The beauty of the kit is you can tailor it towards what the students capabilities are. If have advanced high schoolers, they can do very complex programming projects and design projects. If its elementary school students just for an hour, they can do basic build and use the preprogrammed options or do super simple programs (depending on what your goal/tech access is).
The kit is seriously usable on all levels. We even have had pre-k kids use the kit bots effectively to play a little game (with lots of support). Im to the point with these kits that I almost wish I had them for my high schoolers instead of the metal VEX simply due to the speed of building and ease of changing things.