Circuit Playground Projects
For our exploration with the Circuit Playground, we had the challenge of trying to turn our Circuit Playground into Harry Potter's Sorting Hat! Though it is a tricky bit of coding in Microsoft's Makecode program linked here, several of our students were able to complete the project, and were able to sort their classmates into the different Hogwart's houses!
We also explored a few different types of robotics, learning about how to troubleshoot technology that we do not understand every step of the way. One of the important aspects of this class is to find ways to use new technologies. For this station, we looked at Ozobots, Cubelets, and the Spheros to try and figure out how to get them to work! Many of the students had some frustrating moments when the Bluetooth did not work the way they wanted it too, or they didn't understand the direction cards they were given. By working together, the students continued to work through their frustration, and were able to get the robots to do a few things!
This week, we will be looking at another new technology, virtual reality. We will be exploring how it works, and taking turns experiencing it. We also will be starting an independent coding project, which the students will be able to bring together all of the skills they have been learning about coding to create a project that is unique to them. I hope to be able to share a few of these projects in a future post.
