{"id":5985,"date":"2017-06-05T21:36:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2018-02-09T19:07:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:07:55","slug":"swift-playgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/swift-playgrounds","title":{"rendered":"Swift Playgrounds Expands Coding Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swift Playgrounds Expands Coding Education to Robots, Drones and Musical Instruments<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Students Control Real-World Devices Using Apple\u2019s Popular Swift Programming Language<\/em><\/p>\n

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Swift Playgrounds features an exciting new way to learn to code using real-world robots, drones and musical instruments.<\/p><\/div>\n

June 1, 2017:<\/em><\/strong> Apple announces that Swift Playgrounds, the educational coding app for the iPad, will offer an exciting new way to learn to code using robots, drones and musical instruments.<\/p>\n

Swift Playgrounds is perfect for students and beginners learning to code with Swift, Apple\u2019s powerful and intuitive programming language for building world-class apps. Apple is working with leading device makers to make it easy to connect to Bluetooth-enabled robots within the Swift Playgrounds<\/em> app, allowing kids to program and control popular devices, including LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3, Sphero SPRK+, Parrot drones and more. The Swift Playgrounds<\/em> 1.5 update will be available as a free download on the App Store beginning Monday, June 5.<\/p>\n

Millions of Kids and Adults Are Using Swift Playgrounds<\/h3>\n
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Today, more than 1 million kids and adults are using Swift Playgrounds to learn the fundamentals of coding with Swift.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cMore than 1 million kids and adults from around the world are already using Swift Playgrounds,<\/em>\u00a0in order to learn the fundamentals of coding with Swift in a fun and interactive way,\u201d said Craig Federighi, Apple\u2019s senior vice president of Software Engineering. \u201cNow, they can instantly see the code they create and directly control their favorite robots, drones and instruments through Swift Playgrounds. It\u2019s an incredibly exciting and powerful way to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lego Mindstorms Education EV3<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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With Swift Playgrounds, it\u2019s easy to connect to popular third-party devices, like LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cToday, we\u2019re combining efforts with Apple to provide even more students around the world with the opportunity to learn how to code,\u201d said Esben St\u00e6rk J\u00f8rgensen, president, LEGO Education. \u201cWe\u2019re pairing the familiar LEGO bricks and our hands-on approach to playful learning found in LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3, with Swift Playgrounds\u2019 powerful learning platform. So now, anyone can program their LEGO MINDSTORMS creation with real Swift code.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Swift Playgrounds, anyone can program and control these popular devices from within the app: LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 are incredibly popular in schools around the world and give students the power to explore coding through real-life problem solving as they create and command their own robotic LEGO creatures, vehicles, machines and inventions. With Swift Playgrounds, kids can code and interact with their creations\u2019 motors and sensors..<\/p>\n

Sphero SPRK+ Robot<\/h3>\n
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Sphero SPRK+ Robot<\/p><\/div>\n

Sphero SPRK+, a popular robotic ball, rolls, turns, accelerates and changes colors. Sensors provide feedback when Sphero hits an obstacle, and all of it can be controlled with Swift code.<\/p>\n

Parrot Mambo MiniDrone<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Parrot Mambo MiniDrone<\/p><\/div>\n

Parrot\u2019s Mambo, Airborne and Rolling Spider drones can take off, land, turn and perform aerial figures like flips, all under the control of code users create.<\/p>\n

UBTECH Jimu Robot MeeBot Kit<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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UBTECH Jimu Robot MeeBot Kit<\/p><\/div>\n

UBTECH\u2019s Jimu Robot MeeBot Kit lets kids program their buildable robot to walk, wave and dance.<\/p>\n

Dash by Wonder Workshop is an exciting, hands-on learning robot for students in grades K-5, designed to teach the fundamentals of coding, creative problem solving and computational thinking.<\/p>\n

Skoogmusic Skoog 2.0 is a tactile cube that enables children of all abilities to have fun exploring, creating and playing music with Swift code.<\/p>\n

Pricing & Availability<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Swift Playgrounds 1.5 with support for third-party devices, will be available as a free download on the App Store beginning Monday, June 5. Swift Playgrounds is compatible with all iPad Air and iPad Pro models as well as the iPad mini 2 and any devices running iOS 10 or later. For more information, visit: Playgrounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Images of Swift Playgrounds Compatible Devices. Source: Apple.com News Room<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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