The EV3 Programming App is an addition to the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 learning concept that supports teachers with an intuitive technology platform and manageable, curriculum-relevant lessons. The EV3 app gives you real-life robotic technology in a simple, mobile and relevant solution for the digital classroom. The EV3 Programmer App features building missions, videos and building instructions for the five starter robots that you can build with the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 (31313) set. The app also features the programming canvas, a space where you can move beyond instructions and create your own programs and robot behaviors. LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 - Programming. Apr 02, 2015 The MINDSTORMS® EV3 LEGO® Education programming app provides middle school students with hands-on opportunities to develop their creative and problem-solving skills. EV3 Programming and the EV3 intelligent brick combine building and coding to help students learn programming principles, engineering, teamwork and persistence.
The EV3 Programming app is an addition to the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 learning concept that supports teachers with an intuitive technology platform and manageable, curriculum-relevant lessons. The EV3 app gives you real-life robotic technology in a simple, mobile and relevant solution for the digital classroom. “Bluetooth pairing request” dialog box will appear Enter the code for your device, which is shown on the EV3 Brick “PASSKEY” click “OK” 5 After a few seconds, your tablet and EV3 Brick should read. CONNECTED Paired. You can now go back to the EV3 Programming app.
I used this app at Maker Faire to work with introducing robotics to children. As expected kids as young as 3 years old were able to jump on it and immediately take control of the robot. I would say the desktop version requires at least a 7 year old to have the dexterity to control a mouse. At first glance it did not appear to support sensors but then I noticed that the wait block does allow for sensor conditions. This could probably be appropriate for a first year curriculum, or for some simple applications and is great to get kids engaged quickly and as a teaching aid. The ability to save to the cloud is also handy since kids always seem to loose their programs on the laptop. My only complaint is that I can't completely get rid of my laptop app because I can't calibrate my sensors or use myblocks. Hopefully this is in the works for a future version.
Good, but...
The students I work with use this app on their school supplied iPads. They love it and it makes it easy to quick program a mission, test it, make changes, and try again. Now the but. Unless they are using the full program on a computer they don't have access to sensors, math and logic blocks, and My Blocks. I see that this has been a complaint of many reviewers for at least two years. I'm sure there are constraints that Lego is working with. For instance I'm sure they realize it would be hard to sell the program when a fully functional app is free. Oh well. The app works great