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37-557: In addition to publishing the Swift Playgrounds application itself, Apple also produces a series of educational lessons teaching programming and debugging skills. The application can also subscribe to lessons and other content published by third parties, including lessons allowing users to control educational toys such as Lego Mindstorms EV3 and Sphero robots. Apple publishes a curriculum guide for educators wishing to incorporate Swift Playgrounds into their teaching. Swift Playgrounds

74-876: A Royal Charter in 1949. In 2002, the organisation was renamed the Royal National Institute of the Blind ("of" rather than "for" blind people) when it became a membership organisation . To coincide with the launch of the UK Vision Strategy in 2008, it was renamed the Royal National Institute of Blind People. In October 2008, RNIB and Action for Blind People agreed in principle to combine some services across England. The new arrangement began in April 2009, resulting in Action for Blind People becoming an associate charity of RNIB. It merged with RNIB on 1 April 2017. Anna Tylor, who

111-510: A 5/5 ranking score. Lego Mindstorms EV3 LEGO Mindstorms EV3 (stylized: LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3) is the third generation robotics kit in LEGO 's Mindstorms line. It is the successor to the second generation LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit. The "EV" designation refers to the "evolution" of the Mindstorms product line. "3" refers to the fact that it is the third generation of computer modules - first

148-493: A Swift certification program to validate coding skills for students. In May 2018, Apple announced the extension of "Everyone Can Code" initiative to US schools serving blind and deaf students. In January 2017, Apple partnered with RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) to provide braille versions of the Swift Playgrounds graphics used in its coding course. In 2020, Apple launches the Swift Student Challenge,

185-687: A competition in which students can submit code written in Swift through Swift Playgrounds. In February 2022, Apple launches Swift Playgrounds 3.2 for Mac as a dedicated app on the AppStore, keeping the same focus of helping kids to learn to code with Apple's Swift programming language. Support for MapKit framework Support for Swift 4 Access to camera Shared Swift files SwiftUI framework included Export as new playground feature Build and run apps on macOS 12.4 App Preview tabs for multiple previews Support for Swift 5.10 Upon release, Swift Playgrounds reached

222-479: A macOS version of Swift Playgrounds on the Mac App Store , built using Apple's Catalyst technology. Subsequent versions of the application have supported both iPadOS and macOS, with most of Apple's curriculum available on both platforms. For WWDC 2020, Apple published a session instructing third-party developers on how to support both platforms in their subscriptions. The iPad version of the Swift Playgrounds (1.0)

259-419: A major focus. Previously, eye health was seen as the sole prerogative of ophthalmologists and optometrists . In 1914, the organisation changed its name to The National Institute for the Blind, or NIB, to reflect its status as a national body involved in all aspects of the welfare of blind people. The organisation was officially renamed the Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1953, having been granted

296-734: A program called LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Home Edition, which is developed by LabVIEW , to write code using blocks instead of lines. However it can also be programmed on the actual robot and saved. MicroPython support has been recently added. The EV3 Home (31313) set consists of: 1 EV3 programmable brick, 2 Large Motors, 1 Medium Motor, 1 Touch Sensor, 1 Color Sensor, 1 Infrared Sensor, 1 Remote Control, cables, USB cable, and 585 TECHNIC elements. The Education EV3 Core Set (45544) set consists of: 1 EV3 programmable brick, 2 Large Motors, 1 Medium Motor, 2 Touch Sensors, 1 Color Sensor, 1 Gyroscope Sensor, 1 Ultrasonic Sensor, cables, USB cable, 1 Rechargeable battery and 547 TECHNIC elements. An expansion set for

333-461: A small hack to double the encoder's resolution. By enabling edge triggered interrupts on the encoder B line (called direction line by LEGO), it is possible to have 720 increments per turn instead of 360. This enhancement allows for smoother rotation at low speed and better position control. This hack was not possible on the NXT due to a hardware limitation. The modified firmware implementing this modification

370-418: A vast collection of accessible textbooks and materials – and Talking Books, a service first established in 1935, which offers thousands of audio books, both fiction and non-fiction. RNIB’s ECLO (Eye Care Liaison Officers) service aims to help patients understand the impact of a sight loss diagnosis and to direct them to appropriate sources of support. Since the 1950s, the children's puppet character Sooty

407-449: Is an apparent reference to Xcode's earlier Playgrounds feature, introduced in 2014. Along with iOS 10, the app was officially released on September 13, 2016. Apple also published a curriculum guide , recommending the iPad app for middle school students and up. In January 2018, Apple introduced subscriptions to the iPad application, allowing users to subscribe to playgrounds developed by third parties. On February 11, 2020, Apple released

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444-412: Is an exclusive feature on the charity's collection boxes. RNIB campaigns to change behaviours and perceptions around sight loss. It has been involved with several large-scale campaigns including calls for action to create a safer and more inclusive public transport system. In 2023, the charity played a key role in a national campaign to scrap plans to close ticket offices in train stations. In 2022,

481-514: Is called EV3.14 . RNIB RNIB (formally, the Royal National Institute of Blind People and previously the Royal National Institute for the Blind ) is a British charity , founded in 1868, that serves people living with visual impairments . It is regarded as a leader in the field in supporting people in the UK who have vision loss. The organisation seeks to increase awareness of

518-492: Is partially sighted, has been RNIB's Chair since 2020. Matt Stringer was appointed Chief Executive in 2019. King Charles III is the charity's Patron. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II , was RNIB's Patron throughout her reign (1952–2022). RNIB's helpline gives access to sight loss experts for questions and guidance. RNIB's extensive range of reading services includes RNIB Bookshare – a free library of over one million items, which supports students and others in education with

555-418: The 2024 general election RNIB delivered an open letter to 10 Downing Street highlighting that according to its research roughly 87% of the UK's citizens with visual impairments were denied their right to vote in secret. The campaign follows a 2019 court judgement that declared the UK's current voting arrangements for people with blindness or visual impairments to be unlawful. RNIB pointed out that in spite of

592-523: The EV3. It can boot an alternative operating system from a microSD card, which makes it possible to run a modded firmware, ev3dev , a Debian Linux -based operating system. All NXT sensors, motors, and building elements work with EV3 and are recognized as NXT sensors/motors when plugged in. EV3 sensors do not work with the NXT, but EV3 motors do. The NXT brick can be programmed with the EV3 software, but lacks some software features. EV3 software can be used to program

629-466: The Educational Core Set, which can be bought separately, contains 853 LEGO elements. However, the expansion set and the educational set combined do not contain enough components necessary to build most robots of the retail set. This contrasts with NXT; the educational set combined with the resource set could build any of the retail designs. The EV3 educational set was released a month earlier than

666-519: The NXT, but some extra programming-blocks must be downloaded, such as the Ultrasonic sensor (which is included in the standard NXT kit, but not the standard EV3 kit). The EV3 brick cannot be programmed with the standard NXT software, but some third-party software supports both systems. Scratch also included an extension that allows users to program the EV3. On the EV3 AM1808 platform, it is possible with

703-571: The app to control robots (such as Lego Mindstorms EV3 and Sphero educational toys) and drones (such as the Parrot ). Apple also offers coding classes using Swift Playgrounds at Apple Stores . Swift Playgrounds was designed to be fully accessible to users with disabilities. It supports Apple's VoiceOver screen reader technology, and at WWDC 2020 Apple introduced a series of lessons called "Swan's Quest" which use accessibility features to help students solve puzzles. The Swift Playgrounds application

740-498: The boxes on the paper. RNIB used to run a number of schools, homes, and other institutions. In 2018, an Ofsted report was highly critical of the RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning , near Coventry , which comprised a school and a children's home, founded in 1957 as Rushton Hall School. Ofsted described it as inadequate in three categories and requiring improvement in the other two. It highlighted failures in safeguarding

777-514: The charity launched its largest-ever advertising campaign, See the person, not the sight loss , to raise awareness of sight loss and the support that people who have visual impairments might need. Along with other leading health charities, RNIB lobbied throughout 2023 for better disability support across the National Health Service (NHS). The charity has campaigned for mandatory secret ballots for people with visual impairments. After

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814-489: The charity's care were put at risk or harmed. The Charity Commission's chief executive described this investigation as "one of the worst examples we have uncovered of poor governance and oversight having a direct impact on vulnerable people." The Commission stated that RNIB's corporate stewardship of services for children with complex needs fell far short of expectations and that the charity's board had been focused on narrow regulatory compliance and dismissive of criticism from

851-722: The end of 2022. The biggest change from the LEGO Mindstorms NXT and NXT 2.0 to the EV3 is the technological advances in the programmable brick. The main processor of the NXT was an ARM7 microcontroller, whereas the EV3 has a more powerful ARM9 CPU running Linux . A USB connector and Micro SD slot (up to 32 GB) are new to the EV3. It comes with the plans to build 5 different robots: EV3RSTORM, GRIPP3R, R3PTAR, SPIK3R, and TRACK3R. LEGO has also released instructions online to build 12 additional projects: ROBODOZ3R, BANNER PRINT3R, EV3MEG, BOBB3E, MR-B3AM, RAC3 TRUCK, KRAZ3, EV3D4, EL3CTRIC GUITAR, DINOR3X, WACK3M, and EV3GAME. It uses

888-485: The first place in the top free iPad education apps in nearly 100 countries. The app received generally positive reviews from users (4/5 rating score on the App Store) and from the press. The app's ability to make serious coding accessible to young students was praised, as well as the fact that it was not excessively focused on Swift but rather in teaching good coding practices. Common Sense Media rates Swift Playgrounds with

925-464: The judgement, the majority of the UK's visually impaired voters do so using technology that requires them to be accompanied into the voting booth and have their choices read aloud by an assistant. As of 2024 only one person living with blindness in the UK has voted in secret, using a device known as the McGonagle Reader. This comprises an audio player with headphones and a plastic template to locate

962-452: The lived experiences of people who are blind or partially sighted. Additionally, it campaigns to make services such as healthcare, education and public transport safer and more accessible to people with visual impairments. The Charity Commission for England and Wales investigated the charity from 2018 to 2020, finding multiple failings described by the Commission's chief executive as "one of

999-495: The organisation's new headquarters in the Grimaldi Building on Pentonville Road , London, which has been adapted to cater for the needs of people who are blind, partially sighted or neurodiverse . RNIB's remit has always included reading and writing (e.g. Braille ), education and employment. From the 20th century, welfare/social support has been important. However, it was not till the late 1980s that eye health became

1036-582: The regulatory organisations it was accountable to – the Care Quality Commission and Ofsted. It found failures in training, safeguarding, record-keeping, reporting, responding to complaints, and the administration of medication, as well as instances of harm. It was then reported that RNIB was selling all eighteen of its care homes and schools. The Charity Commission gave RNIB an official warning and required it to overhaul its governance, management and culture. In light of RNIB's progress in fulfilling

1073-979: The retail set, on August 1, 2013. Robots that can be built with the core education set are the EV3 educator robot, the GyroBoy, the Color Sorter, the Puppy and the Robot Arm H25. Robots that can be built with the expansion set are the Tank Bot, the Znap, the Stair Climber, the Elephant and a remote control. Another robot that can be built with a pair of core sets and an expansion set is the Spinner Factory. NXT's Hitechnic sensors Blocks can be used with EV3 & NXT. NXT's sensors can be used with

1110-664: The vulnerable children and in training staff to support them. Later that year, RNIB announced that it had been unable to make sufficient improvements and was closing the Centre; RNIB's chief executive resigned. Also in 2018, the Charity Commission for England and Wales launched its own inquiry into RNIB following serious allegations of systemic failings within the organisation. In 2020, the Commission ruled that there had been significant management, oversight, and staffing shortcomings which had led to repeated incidents where young people in

1147-586: The worst examples we have uncovered of poor governance and oversight having a direct impact on vulnerable people." The RNIB began selling all its eighteen schools, homes and other institutions. RNIB was first established on 16 October 1868 as the British and Foreign Society for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind. The first meeting, which was held at 33 Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, London , involved founder Thomas Rhodes Armitage (a physician who

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1184-437: Was announced on June 13, 2016 at WWDC 2016 as an iPad exclusive app to help people learning to code with Apple's Swift programming language. A beta version for Apple developers was released on the same date, followed by a public beta version in the following month. The app was presented as a teaching tool for students, introducing the core concepts of coding using an interactive environment designed for touch. The application's name

1221-1006: Was designed to be a development environment and an education tool simultaneously. The app allows users to download lessons and challenges. Once stored on the iPad, these can be copied and modified without the need of an active internet connection. Apple's initial lessons, available for all Swift Playgrounds users to download, introduce three characters: Byte, Blu, and Hopper. In each challenge, young coders are asked to assist these characters achieving simple goals by coding simple instructions. As challenges become more difficult, more complex algorithms are required to solve them and new concepts are introduced. Advanced lessons in Playgrounds introduce users to more complex features such as Apple's Bluetooth and Augmented Reality development platform (ARKit) APIs . In addition to Apple's own educational content, Swift Playgrounds can download third-party lessons through its subscriptions feature. Some third-party lessons allow

1258-443: Was followed by Apple's announcement of the "Everyone Can Code" initiative, a program that provides computer science curriculum to help kids learn how to code. Swift Playgrounds is included in this program as free coding curriculum and Apple provides detailed guides to walk teachers through teaching Swift . Apple also released "App Development with Swift", a year-long curriculum for teaching Swift software development and later introduced

1295-763: Was partially sighted) and Daniel Conolly, W W Fenn and Dr James Gale (all three of whom were blind). Later, the organisation became the British and Foreign Blind Association for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind and Promoting the Employment of the Blind – generally shortened to the British and Foreign Blind Association. In 1914, the organisation relocated to larger premises in Great Portland Street . From 2000 until 2023, RNIB operated from premises on Judd Street, in Bloomsbury, London , which it shared with Guide Dogs . In 2023, The Duchess of Edinburgh opened

1332-420: Was released on September 13, 2016. Chris Lattner was also one of the few core people who drove Swift Playgrounds for iPad, including conception, design, implementation, and iteration. Simultaneously with its release, Apple published guides on the iBookStore to teach users how to navigate and use the application. The launch coincided with a large Silicon Valley campaign to press public schools to teach coding and

1369-657: Was the RCX and the second is the NXT. It was officially announced on January 4, 2013, and was released in stores on September 1, 2013. The education edition was released on August 1, 2013. There are many competitions using this set, including the FIRST LEGO League Challenge and the World Robot Olympiad , sponsored by LEGO. After an announcement in October 2022, The Lego Group officially discontinued Lego Mindstorms at

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