The article is the product of the study “Development of innovative resources to improve logical-mathematical skills in primary school, through educational robotics”, developed during the 2019 school year in three public schools in the province of Chiriquí, Republic of Panama. The teaching-learning process in students is influenced by aspects inside and outside the classroom, since not all schools have the necessary resources to deliver content or teaching material. The general objective of the project is to design, develop and implement educational robotics to improve logical-mathematical skills aimed at preschool and first grade students in public schools, using programmable educational robots. For this, a set of resources and activities were developed to improve the logical-mathematical skills of the initial stages, in public schools, obtaining significant results. Playful activities favor the teaching-learning process. Considering the analysis of the results made on the data obtained through the applied collection instruments, it can be argued that in general terms the values indicate that the students obtained a favorable level of performance in the different challenges proposed. The project has allowed the academic community to have an application of great value that allows teaching about the conservation of natural sites. The project only covers the area of mathematics in preschool and first grade.

In our day to day, technology and robotics are increasingly present. Currently, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are undergoing a vertiginous development and this is affecting practically all fields of our society and education is no exception. On the other hand, the incorporation of robotics in the classroom aims to promote learning experiences where students acquire and develop skills to solve specific problems, which allow them to acquire new knowledge and give answers to the changing environment of today’s world. This article presents the progress in the development of a project where robotics is implemented for the teaching of mathematics in preschool and first grade students; three public schools were selected for this purpose, and a series of playful educational activities were developed, using low cost robotic tools.

The different levels that comprise education seek to adapt techniques, practices, models, and strategies to complement teaching and learning generating knowledge in students; thus, in its different fields, it provides the basis for technology to develop software applications to assist with teaching and learning practices. Consequently, education undergoes rapid changes that influence improvement through the use of some of the tools such as robotics and augmented reality which contribute to improving learning scenarios in students, allowing them to develop their metacognitive skills using technological environments designed to educate and be a medium in the educational process. Therefore, this topic addresses the following study based in the completion of two projects aimed at elementary school students in fundamental subjects, allowing them to become familiar with technology as a means of learning.

Elaborar semilleros para trasplante permite al horticultor el crecimiento prematuro de plantones para el adelanto controlado de cultivos a sus épocas de siembra adecuada. Sin embargo, no siempre es posible contar con el clima adecuado para la germinación de las semillas sembradas, lo que puede generar pérdidas de plantones y/o retrasos en la producción. Para prevenir esta situación se desarrolló un sistema electrónico que genera las condiciones ambientales requeridas para la germinación y crecimiento correcto de los plantones, dentro de un pequeño invernadero destinado a semilleros para huertos urbanos. Este sistema consiste en sensores de humedad y temperatura que se comunican a una placa microcontroladora Aruino UNO, donde los datos obtenidos por los sensores son manipulados por el sistema operativo de tiempo real FreeRTOS. Este sistema operativo analiza los datos obtenidos, determina la actividad que deben realizar los elementos actuadores (como sistema de riego, calefacción y ventilación) y gestiona la cantidad de recursos del sistema que puede utilizar cada uno a través de hilos de procesos. Todo esto para obtener como resultado un ambiente de crecimiento adecuado dentro del invernadero.