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Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by knowuh »

rapsacnz wrote: post #83

As a proud dad of 3 incredible girls, I am very glad this product exists. I understand the argument that it would be great to not have gendered products at all meaning kids could choose what they want without any outside influence. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world yet (and it could be a while off) In the meantime, I can now buy a product that: 1. Encourages my girls to get into STEM. 2. Is not a hard sell.…

I am TOTES buying one of these for myself (cis male).

I wouldn't deprive anyone of this.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by Double_a_92 »

knowuh wrote: post #151
rapsacnz wrote: post #83

As a proud dad of 3 incredible girls, I am very glad this product exists. I understand the argument that it would be great to not have gendered products at all meaning kids could choose what they want without any outside influence. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world yet (and it could be a while off) In the meantime, I can now buy a product that: 1. Encourages my girls to get into STEM. 2. Is not a hard sell.…

I am TOTES buying one of these for myself (cis male). I wouldn't deprive anyone of this.

But do you really like it? Or would you just buy it out of virtue signaling bullshit reasons?

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by Double_a_92 »

addicted wrote: post #147
phalangion wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even without socialization, I'd bet some girls will still like girly stuff.

The problem isn’t that girls like “girly” stuff. The problem is that stuff is defined as “girly”.

That's because boys usually don't like it...? Or do you mean that "girly" is seen as something negative?

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by wmeredith »

sudosteph wrote: post #11

I want to be cynical because I hate the idea that a gadget has to have "jewel" in the name and be a fancy "friendship bracelet" to appeal to girls. But it's a neat little trinket that somebody worked hard on, and if it really was a young woman who designed it to enjoy with their friends, I can't really hold that against them. I don't think scaring away guys from it by saying it's "for girls" is doing them any favors…

Do you have a daughter? Girls like girly shit. It's nice that they don't have to, but they usually do.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by splintercell »

sarajo wrote: post #68
dogruck wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was at a conference this weekend. A female grade school teacher, at a private school, tried to explain to me how "girls brains are wired differently from boys" and therefore "we need to teach girls to be more like boys." I am open minded. I've met and worked with women who are just as strong or stronger than men. I don't understand how we can simultaneously argue that men and women are fundamentally different but s…

Hi! That grade school teacher needs a few more science lessons. We have lots of users that identify as male. Boys love Jewelbots, two weeks ago at an event a boy came up to me after to tell me "this was more fun than coding Minecraft". Best compliment in a while.

> Boys love Jewelbots, two weeks ago at an event a boy came up to me after to tell me "this was more fun than coding Minecraft". Best compliment in a while.

Yeah because its the coding part which makes it interesting to most boys.

It's like if you created a GI Barbie character (which is basically a Barbie doll with a gun) then boys would love it too, that doesn't necessarily mean that they love Barbie, they just love a different aspect of it.

Although I do agree that Jewelbot (by integrating elements girls would like with coding) can get them excited into coding.

Also see Adafruit's products, they are electronics and DIY supply company run by mostly women and they do super cool things things which are interesting to girls. My favorite one was when they embedded a NFC token on their nail using nail polish, and then program it to unlock their phone by just holding it.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by baldfat »

rapsacnz wrote: post #83

As a proud dad of 3 incredible girls, I am very glad this product exists. I understand the argument that it would be great to not have gendered products at all meaning kids could choose what they want without any outside influence. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world yet (and it could be a while off) In the meantime, I can now buy a product that: 1. Encourages my girls to get into STEM. 2. Is not a hard sell.…

I have 2 daughters and one is just all about her phone (She is older and living on her own) my 11 year old would love this but it was because of code.org and their minecraft section.

I tried Arduino and Scratch but that it was scratch with minecraft made all the difference. Each kid has their own selves and likes. Sometimes they are similar and others they are opposites and we as parents flounder and stay up late wondering if we are doing the right things for our kids all the time. I like this product but I couldn't shell out $100 on Friendship bracelets.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by kdamken »

sarajo wrote: post #21
kdamken wrote: post #8

Holy moly that website does a bad job of describing what they actually do. Apparently you can program the lights and vibrations? I looked up a YouTube video, apparently they can be programmed for notifications from your phone? Marketing team really dropped the ball on this one.

Thanks so much for your feedback! Sounds like we have some things to add to the FAQ! Jewelbots can be programmed just like an Arduino using C++. Real code! Because we believe that kids are super smart (Also, I starting writing C++ at 11).

No problem, happy to help. I think adding a FAQ at the top that's like, "What can a Jewelbot be programmed to do?" with a longer list of possible use cases would help. The front page kind of lists them but I found it to be a bit unclear, and that's from a technical perspective. A non techie parent might be even more confused, so I find it's helpful to ELI5.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by ch4s3 »

School-Cotton wrote: post #139
ch4s3 wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's so vague as to be unfalsifiable, and therefore an unscientific claim. By the same reasoning, it's plausible that our brains are powered by yet undiscovered magic. The teacher made a nonsense, and unscientific claim. Do you have citations to back up your "argument", or are you just trolling?

I'm not claiming that my argument is correct and hence I don't need citations. I'm merely claiming that it's intuitively plausible enough that it doesn't make sense to dismiss out of hand as obviously wrong.

I'm responding that lots of things are intuitively plausible, because that's an incredibly low bar. When you're trying to make decisions about how to educate people for example, leaning on presuppositions that are just "intuitively plausible" is lazy thinking and I would argue that for any serious matter you should dismiss out of hand such lazy thinking.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by erikpukinskis »

rapsacnz wrote: post #83

As a proud dad of 3 incredible girls, I am very glad this product exists. I understand the argument that it would be great to not have gendered products at all meaning kids could choose what they want without any outside influence. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world yet (and it could be a while off) In the meantime, I can now buy a product that: 1. Encourages my girls to get into STEM. 2. Is not a hard sell.…

What's gendered about Jewelbots?
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