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April 14, 2025

Coding, Technology, and Computational Thinkinghttps://iste.org/standards/students#1-5-computational-thinker Watch Videos for 5a. and 5d.	AI Explained Using Ice Cream John Spencer

 

1. Get a Android tablet and go to WYAW.
   
   
2. Spheros and the app on your phone - Three ways to control the spherical robot (Drive, Draw, Code/Program)

1. Open Sphero Edu on your tablet: I'm a School User / Class Code: CQ1HPK
   
   
2. If you want to log into your account on your laptop or Chromebook, make sure to go to SpheroEdu and NOT Sphero.com. Here's the link to use: https://edu.sphero.com/
   
   
3. Go to the Resources icon (middle of bottom screen) and test out some of the sample programs for your Sphero mini robot.
4. Go to the Progams icon (far left of bottom screen) and "Create Program" using the plus sign.
                
5. Create a block code program using the blocks at the bottom of the screen. The suggested blocks to use to start are: Movements, Lights, Sounds, Control (repeat for a certain number of times)
   
   
6. OR, you can recreate one of the following (see below).
   
   

   Roll Tide	Squared
   Roll With It	Color Me Sphero

   
   
7. Once you've created the program,and try it out with your Sphero mini.

RESOURCES O' THE DAY:

A Great Educational Coding Website
https://www.codeforlife.education/

Top Coding Websites for Kids
https://codakid.com/top-21-kids-coding-websites-of-all-time/

10 Free Coding Games Websites for Teaching Programming Skills
https://childhood101.com/coding-for-kids/

Hour of Code
https://hourofcode.com/us

Why teach robotics in schools?
https://blog.robotiq.com/7-reasons-to-teach-robotics-at-school

Computational Thinking Competencies
https://www.iste.org/standards/computational-thinking

Computational Thinking Teacher Resources (RICH RESOURCE)
https://id.iste.org/docs/ct-documents/ct-teacher-resources_2ed-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=2

A Comprehensive List of Coding Resources
https://mommypoppins.com/coding-kids-free-websites-teach-learn-programming

Videos on Computational Thinking and Coding:

Computational thinking: A digital age skill for everyone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFcUgSYyRPg&t=1s

Other Videos from ISTE
https://www.youtube.com/user/istevideos/search?query=computational+thinking

A Fabulous and Free Coding Website for Kids from MIT - Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted

Sphero

Overview of Sphero for Teachers from the Company
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0306/6419/6141/files/SpheroEdu-k12-teacher-resource-guide.pdf?v=1585146735

Teacher's Guide
https://dmmedia.sphero.com/email-marketing/Sphero-Edu/SpheroEdu-k12-teacher-resource-guide-v1_updated050818.pdf

A list of Sphero Challenges from a classroom teacher in Georgia