Two open-access resources co-created through collaboration:
Data Education in Schools × Dog and Fox Design × National Robotarium

Hands up if you love the Robot Cards

All together now!

Here we are at the National Robotarium, proudly displaying some (very oversized) Robot Cards.

Bringing it all together are Serdar Abaci, Kate Farrell, Antonia Sewell and Jasmeen Kanwal from Data Education in Schools, Elspeth Maxwell from Dog and Fox, and Blair Wilson from the National Robotarium.

Also pictured: some of our youngest, but very important, collaborators.

Atlantis Island

Robot Cards

Here’s what we made.

Atlantis Island and the Robot Cards are two games that offer different ways into complex, timely issues. Our shared approach: learn through play, then see where the discussions take you.

Serious Subjects. We had fun with them.

Kate Farrell
Curriculum + Game Design

“How can we help learners use data to make their lives and the lives of their communities better?”

Elspeth Maxwell
Creative Lead

“Ideas moved between conversations, sketches, prototypes, playtesting and back again. My role was about spotting what could become something physical, playful and useful, then making it real enough for everyone to respond to.”

Antonia Sewell
Computer Science + AI

“I’ve enjoyed applying my technical, teaching and creative skills to create educational and entertaining resources about data.”

Jasmeen Kanwal
Data Science + Education

“I feel there is no better way to effect change than by interacting with people directly and being a part of them learning a new way of doing or seeing something.”

Robot Cards

Pick a robot. Any robot.

Grouping, comparing, noticing patterns.

Will it pass the Turing test?

Pick ’em, sort ’em!

Grouping, comparing, noticing patterns. Put the Robort Cards on a table, and children start sorting.

Do robots dream of electric sheep?

Pick ’em up, sort ’em.

Thank you P5 at Lorne Primary School, for playtesting AND for these amazing robot designs!

Atlantis Island

Can you build the infrastructure an AI business needs without destroying the island it depends on?

Will it pass the Turing test?

Pick ’em, sort ’em!

Over to you.

The Atlantis Island and Robot Cards resources are freely available to all.

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Explore Atlantis Island

Created together in Edinburgh. Open to everyone.
Data Education in Schools × Dog and Fox × National Robotarium
Left to right: Susan Heaton, Kate Farrell, Antonia Sewell, Elspeth Maxwell, Jasmeen Kanwal and our young collaborators.

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Atlantis Island + Robot Cards

Two open-access resources co-created through collaboration: Data Education in Schools × Dog and Fox Design × National Robotarium

All together now!

Here’s what we made.

Serious Subjects. We had fun with them.

Kate Farrell Curriculum + Game Design “How can we help learners use data to make their lives and the lives of their communities better?”

Elspeth Maxwell Creative Lead “Ideas moved between conversations, sketches, prototypes, playtesting and back again. My role was about spotting what could become something physical, playful and useful, then making it real enough for everyone to respond to.”

Antonia Sewell Computer Science + AI “I’ve enjoyed applying my technical, teaching and creative skills to create educational and entertaining resources about data.”

Jasmeen Kanwal Data Science + Education “I feel there is no better way to effect change than by interacting with people directly and being a part of them learning a new way of doing or seeing something.”

Robot Cards

Pick a robot. Any robot.

Atlantis Island

Can you build the infrastructure an AI business needs without destroying the island it depends on?

Over to you.

Two open-access resources co-created through collaboration:
Data Education in Schools × Dog and Fox Design × National Robotarium

Kate Farrell
Curriculum + Game Design

“How can we help learners use data to make their lives and the lives of their communities better?”

Elspeth Maxwell
Creative Lead

“Ideas moved between conversations, sketches, prototypes, playtesting and back again. My role was about spotting what could become something physical, playful and useful, then making it real enough for everyone to respond to.”

Antonia Sewell
Computer Science + AI

“I’ve enjoyed applying my technical, teaching and creative skills to create educational and entertaining resources about data.”

Jasmeen Kanwal
Data Science + Education

“I feel there is no better way to effect change than by interacting with people directly and being a part of them learning a new way of doing or seeing something.”