{"id":3781,"date":"2015-06-05T18:58:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T01:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2016-12-06T19:39:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T03:39:47","slug":"tablets-and-tech-for-kids-an-ipad-toys-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2015\/tablets-and-tech-for-kids-an-ipad-toys-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablets and Tech for Kids: an iPad toys open house!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a fun tech program for kids yesterday, a kind of open house for the iPad apps and toys we have acquired! \u00a0We played with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wonder Workshop robots<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playosmo.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Osmo game systems<\/a>, toys that extend the two-dimensional screen of the iPad to three-dimensional play. \u00a0Kids and parents had a lot of fun, and every single kid was able to try every single toy.<\/p>\n<p>First, let me start this post with a video, because these toys have to be seen in action to be truly appreciated. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_hczffaF7Co?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The Wonder Workshop robots were probably the favorite&#8211;especially the zooming, grooving Dash! \u00a0Miss Jennifer constructed a maze for the kids to drive Dash around in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0676.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3782\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0676-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0676\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0676-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0676.jpg 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0689.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3784\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0673-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0673\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0673-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0673.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0689.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3783\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0689-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0689\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0689-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0689.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Dot gave kids a chance to play with Blockly, a programming app similar to Scratch that allows\u00a0kids to code the robot&#8217;s\u00a0lights and sounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0699.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3785\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0699-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0699\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0699-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0699-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We played with a game called Newton that sees what you draw on a piece of paper and uses your lines as barriers for bouncing balls!  The objective: to make the balls land on certain targets.  It&#8217;s not as easy as it looks!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0721.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3788\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0704-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0704\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0704-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0704.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we played with Tangram puzzles!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0722.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3787\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0722-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0722\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0722-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/DSC_0722.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so glad everyone got to try everything in the time that we had.  It made me and Miss Jennifer feel very proud of our program planning skillz. \ud83d\ude42  Join us for more all summer long!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a fun tech program for kids yesterday, a kind of open house for the iPad apps and toys we have acquired! \u00a0We played with Wonder Workshop robots\u00a0and Osmo game systems, toys that extend the two-dimensional screen of the iPad to three-dimensional play. \u00a0Kids and parents had a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,222],"tags":[111,112,228,207],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-stem","tag-apps","tag-ipad","tag-school-age","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-YZ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3792,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions\/3792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}