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Schoo Innovation Project - Robotics and Coding
The document outlines a school innovation project exploring ways to implement robotics and coding in the classroom. It discusses the project goals of collaborating to plan cross-divisional inquiries, deepening understanding of how coding enhances teaching, addressing challenges like engagement, and creating a shared resource bank. It defines coding, discusses why it's important given technology's role, and provides lesson ideas like using robotics to enhance project-based learning and holding a Sumobot competition. A list of coding apps and websites to include in the resource bank is also included.
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- 1. School Innovation Project February27th, 2017
- 2. Agenda: Project overviewand goals What is coding? Why should care about coding? Utilizing coding in the classroom Lesson and activity ideas Shared resource bank
- 3. School Innovation Project Byexploring the ways in which robotics and coding can be implemented in the classroom, we hope to deepen our understanding of how it can be utilized to enhance our teaching.
- 4. Project Goals Work togetherto plan cross-divisional inquiries related to robotics and coding Deepen our understanding of how coding can be utilized to enhance our teaching Address related challenges such as student engagement, differentiated instruction, and student voice/choice Create a resource bank which can be shared with the rest of the staff Increase the number of teachers utilizing iPads and robotics kits in future years
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- 6. What is coding? •“Code is the list of instructions given to any computer in order for it to perform the desired actions. Every time you switch on a PC, a mobile phone, a calculator, even a microwave, code is being run.”
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- 11. Why should wecare about coding?? • We live in a world that is becoming more reliant on technology every single day. Coding is becoming an essential job skill in more than just IT.
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- 15. Robotics: Mindstorm EV3 •Grades 4-8 • Creating scripts from computer (available in French and English) • OR controlling from iPad • 5 kits at SIJ
- 16. Robotics: We Do •Grades 1 – 3 • Software available in French and English • 4 kits at SIJ
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- 20. Skill development Analyzingand interpreting Making connections Critical thinking Problem solving Creativity Communication Reasoning Teamwork Leadership Planning Organizing Initiative Responsibility Inquiry and investigating Spatial reasoning
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- 22. Enhancing Project BasedLearning EV3
- 23. Primary: We DoShowcase We explored the progression in technology in 4 areas. We showed the differences in party line and land line telephones vs cell phones, radio shows vs HD flat screen TVs, slower autos vs high- tech food trucks, and brooms vs Roombas.
- 24. Engineering and Design:Sumobot competition
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- 26. Apps for Coding Scratch Jr Hopscotch Kodable Daisy the Dino Tickle Tynker Game Press Code-academy Python3 Ruby Codes Cargo-bot
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- 28. Websites Scratch.com Code.org (Hour ofCode) Tynker.com • Madewithcode.com