Roamer is an educational robot that blends the traditional value of learning facts with a focus on learning through understanding.
It combines modern robotics technology with the science of learning. It helps students create kinesthetic, visual and spatial mental models of difficult ideas.
I like Roamer because it helps me teach difficult ideas.
Students like it because it’s fun. Helen Logan
Doing = Understanding (Confucius)
Roamer creates an active learning environment which helps students to acquire and engage factual knowledge in practical and authentic situations.
They achieve this in a way which develops cognitive, emotional, social and personal sustainable learning skills:
Creativity
Critical and Metacognitive Thinking
Problem Solving
Analytical Reasoning
Organisational and planning skills
Communication Skills
Cooperation and Teamwork Ability
Enriched Environment = Better Test Scores
Asking if Roamer works is like asking if a pencil works. Roamer is a tool. How you use it is critical. Roamer’s wide range of educational activities helps raise your test scores by integrating with, supporting and enriching your existing teacher practices.
In the 30 years that Valiant has pioneered the use of Educational Robotics, evidence of what works has come from:
Compliance with the science of learning
Feedback from teachers and schools
Ex-students, now grown up and in successful STEM careers, who tell us the positive impact that Roamer had on them