BeeBots with 2/1E
STEAM PUNKS!
STEAM PUNKS! has taken off and has proved to be extremely popular with 4/3 and 6/5 students. We have been programming Dash robots, Ollies and Spheros- setting up challenges and working through puzzles. Students have also been exploring Makey Makeys, becoming DJs using paper and pencils and coins. We have also been making projects using Innobits and LEGO Technics, creating lighthouses and windmills using sensors and LEDs.
Students are delving into the Digital Technologies curriculum, exploring design thinking, computational thinking and systems thinking. Through opportunities to investigate, design, communicate and work collaboratively, students are able to become innovators and future designers.
STEAM PUNKS! is on in the library every Thursday (4/3) and Friday (6/5).
Exploring robots with ICSS staff
Staff were able to explore a wide range of robots during a coding and robotics workshop presented by The Dream Factory as part of the implementation of the Ditigal Technologies curriculum.
STEAM PUNKS!
Media Arts with 4/3F
Students from 4/3F have been exploring LEGO Movie Maker, a stop motion app that creates animated movies. The 4/3s are using LEGO Movie Maker and iMovie within their Media Arts unit. Using Aesop Fables for inspiration, students have created LEGO characters and scenes, painted their backdrops and storyboarded their productions.
Scratch
2/1’s have been introduced to Scratch Jr during FIRE. It is an introduction to coding and teaches students problem solving and procedural processes. Students can create simple animation and games by connecting command blocks into coding strings. Scratch Jr is the lead in version to Scratch (only available on computer). This app is free from the App Store and projects can be found through the Scratch Jr website http://www.scratchjr.org/
Pyonkee is the app ver
sion of Scratch (computer version). It builds on the skills from Scratch Jr and teaches students more advanced coding techniques. 4/3 and 6/5 students have explored Pyonkee in FIRE and have coded their own animated games. Students have access to Scratch on the library computers and Pyonkee on the iPads at break times to allow students to develop the coding skills learnt in FIRE time. This app is free from the App Store. The scratch website is https://scratch.mit.edu/ with coding projects available via http://projects.codeclubworld.org/en-GB/
Bee-Bots
Students in Prep C have been exploring robotics and programming through the use of Bee-Bots. These are easily programmable robots that are controlled through planning and sequencing by students. To tie in with the robots, students used the app Bee-Bot to further reinforce direction and programming concepts. Lots of fun were had by all!