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Title Lego-Up
Schools priorizes to work with 2D learning tools and sometimes learning becomes abstract because we live in a 3D world. To improve this, we wish that all the children could work with their hands using Lego so learning becomes 3D and understandable. We tested a Lego 3D language tool during our period of homeschooling. . Using our hands has made learning easier and fun for us. All children deserve this. As Lego already exists, to implement this idea worldwide, is a question of willing. However, we invent a new program to help to develope this idea. This program could help to build with our hands any structure using Lego bricks. We would like to call it Lego-Up. And Lego-Up-App would help to spread this idea and make our dream come true.

Schools has priorized 2D universal languages but we live in a 3D world so learning becomes abstract and difficult, even more if you have any learning difficulties. Humans loose manual skills as shown by Disney Pixar WALL.E!
We researched and we found that using our hands is helpful to understand concepts better. Touching 3D objects improves long time memory and mental agility and creativity expands. We chose this problem because we used our hands in our learning and the results were exceptional.

We propose to use the hands in schools with Lego bricks as a tool for 3D language. Everyone can also follow Lego visual instructions. All teams we contacted communicate with Lego 3D language! To integrate Lego at schools, as regular tool to work in any topic (maths, geography, ...), we propose a simple design program like Sketch-up to draw a 2D figure. With one simple click, the program transforms the 2D figure into a 3D Lego structure, with the instructions, the type of pieces and the quantity needed. We named it "Lego-Up" (to be aproved by Lego). With Lego-Up anyone can use Lego in an easy way. Lego-Up helps giving the instructions to build their design, using their hands, easily. So, all learning becomes 3D. And this invention improves education of those with learning difficulty. We also thought on a visual digital resource called "Lego-Up-Apps" that works as a "library". For example, to learn about tsunamis you could go to Lego-Up-App and look for projects already published.

Lego is already in schools to work with specific topics. Lego proposed solution is great but limited (eg. “MoreToMaths”). Our innovation is that Lego becomes unlimited to any topic and can be a common tool like any pencil or notebook ... Anything to be studied, can be done with our hands with Lego 3D language. And our innovative program Lego-UP, can help to translate any idea into Lego language in a faster way than the already existing Lego Digital Designer is doing. Lego-Up would only use a few basic bricks. We studied that with only 9 types we can build anything we want. The structures would be as simple as possible so students can recognize them immediately (Lego Digital Designer is great but uses too many different types of pieces). And Lego bricks are recycable and cheap compared to other materials, so you can make as many projects as necessary with the same type of bricks. For example, we built a UK telephone box to study math scales. So, we easily understand a math concept.
Work type Software and Database designs
Tags educational tool, 3d language, lego-up, design program

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Entry date Feb 22, 2015, 10:04 PM UTC
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Author. Holder Dalton BRobots. Date Feb 22, 2015.


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