1P2-T02 Workshop for visually impaired using block type programming education tool(Manufacturing Education and Mechatronics/Enjoy Mechatronics DIY)

Abstract

Elementary school and junior high school students have recently begun to learn programming. Students who are taught how to create programs are often required to use the interface of a personal computer. This method keeps visually impaired and younger children from the opportunity of learning programming because their operations depend on visual information by using a display a keyboard or a mouse. In an attempt to address these problems, we have developed P-CUBE, a new programming education tool for visually impaired that does not require the PC operation. In this paper, we report a programming workshop for the visually impaired using P-CUBE.