Hello readers,
As you may have noticed, we’ve added some new products to our website recently. In a series of blog posts, starting with this one, I’ll be looking at each new product and giving you an idea of why we think they’ll be great additions to our product range and to your school or home.
Today, we’ll be looking at the Bee-Bot. The Bee-Bot is a programmable floor robot, designed to be child-friendly, simple to use and a great starting point for teaching control, directional language and programming to young children. It’s like the Roamer, but far more attractive, much less complicated to use and more cost-effective.
The Bee-Bot has been creating a buzz for quite some time now, winning its first award, the Gold Award, in September 2005 at the Practical Pre-School Awards in London, just a few weeks after it was released into the education market. Since then, it’s won a BETT Award in the Early Years and Primary Hardware categories and an Education Resources Award in the Primary ICT category – both in 2006.
Feedback from teachers and industry professionals has been very positive. Dan Plane, ICT Specialist Support Assistant at Hatton School, stated that ‘Most, if not all, children were motivated by the Bee-Bots’ movement, sound or in some cases just the bright colour!’
Chris Wood, Vice Chair of The Association for ICT in Education, said this about the Bee-Bot: ‘Precise and pronounced execution of moves, eyes lighting and beeping to confirm command steps, sound off option, small enough to use on a table and it works on rough or smooth surfaces, even carpet. I’d recommend it to schools without hesitation to be bought in group packs of at least 5 or 6.’
We’re offering two purchase options for the Bee-Bot. The first is a single Bee-Bot, which currently has a special offer of £2 off until July 31st. The second is the Bee-Bot Class Bundle (pictured above), which includes six Bee-Bots, two rechargable battery units and 20 rechargable batteries. This also has a special offer; £10 off until July 31st.
Next week we’ll be looking at the Easi-Speak Microphone, but for now I’ll leave you with some videos of the Bee-Bot in action. Thanks for reading.