Summary
Small sign constructed from LEGO for 'Sunrise School' made by students at Melbourne Museum in 1988.
Two years later at the World Conference on Computers in Education in Sydney in 1990, a fax machine was made out of LEGO and this object was scanned and send to a printer.
This object forms part of the Sunrise Collection which includes educational robots, software and multimedia recordings of teachers and students, mainly in Victoria, exploring new possibilities with computer programming. 'Computational thinking' in a constructionist environment was emerging in Victoria throughout the 1980s and 90s.
Physical Description
Square signboard made of blue, black and yellow Lego pieces on a grey baseboard, with letters in black pieces and a logo of a smiling sun in yellow and black.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Information & Communication, Childhood, Social Spaces & Youth
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Used By
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Organisation Named
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Inscriptions
'SUNRISE SCHOOL'
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Object Dimensions
190 mm (Length), 190 mm (Width), 18 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Robots, Robotics, Robot Components, Teaching Aids, Teaching Models, Computers, Computer Software, Computer Games, Computer Peripherals, Electronic Learning Aids, Education Programs, Education Kits, Educational Technology, Scientific Teaching Apparatus, Schools, Technology, Education, Publications, Instruction Manuals
