Device for linking bodily movement to learning behaviour and method whereby such a device is applied
AssigneeI3-Technologies, Naamloze Vennootschap
InventorGert Van Erum
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Abstract
Device for linking bodily movement to learning behaviour, whereby this device (1) consists of a number of objects that can be used by pupils as flexible adjustable seating units (2), characterised in that these seating units are each equipped with a digital module (4) that is able to detect movements of the seating unit caused by the pupils, and to communicate these movements wirelessly to a central teaching module (3), after which the central teaching module (3) can wirelessly send back an individual message to each of the seating units (2), adapted to the movement that is made with each of the seating units.
Claims12
A method for linking seat movement to learning behavior, the method comprising:
- providing an arrangement of a plurality of objects that are cube-shaped seating units in an arbitrary pattern around the central teaching module that is wirelessly connected to a digital module in each cube-shaped seating unit, the digital module being configured to detect movements of the respective cube-shaped seating unit caused by the pupils to answer questions or assignments;
- transmitting, by the digital module in the respective cube-shaped seating unit, the position or the movement of the respective cube-shaped seating unit wirelessly to the central teaching module when the pupils give an answer to an assignment by moving the respective cube-shaped seating unit;
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- sending an individual wireless signal by the central teaching module to each cube-shaped seating unit related to the movement that is made with the respective cube-shaped seating unit, the individual wireless signal including an identification of the cube-shaped seating unit for which the individual wireless signal is intended, evaluating an individually-provided answer from the cube-shaped seating unit to which the individual wireless signal is sent as to whether the answer was right or wrong or providing another evaluation of the answer, and providing an individual light signal on each cube-shaped seating unit from which the pupil can read at the respective cube-shaped seating unit whether the answer was right or wrong, or an indication of the other evaluation of the answer,
- wherein each of the cube-shaped seating units is equipped with one or more of movement detectors and orientation detectors that are connected to the digital module of the respective cube-shaped seating unit to detect the movement and the position of the respective cube-shaped seating unit, and
- the method further comprises transmitting, by the movement detectors and the orientation detectors, the movements and the positions caused by the pupil to answer questions or assignments to the digital module of the respective cube-shaped seating unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.