Digital Literacy

Block Coding and Spheros

April 27, 2023

Get a Chromebook and sign in then go to: http://bit.ly/digilit
Digital Story! Spread compliments like confetti!
Spheros!
Go outside and learn to use your Sphero - Drive and Draw until your time is up - your teacher will tell you.
NOTE: For incliment weather, use the non-classroom sections of Killian (e.g., by our classroom and the UP offices) on the first or second floors

SPHERO DEMOS:

We Will Rock You *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk or https://archive.org/details/WeWillRockYou_95
Forever Spin *
Hello
Magic 8 Ball *
Massage
Simon Says
Dance Sphero Dance*
What Am I?

CREATE YOUR OWN PROGRAM (from the link below or try one of your own).

YOUR TURN: Create your own program for your Sphero includig perhaps: Movement blocks, Lights blocks, and/or Sound blocks. You can make one of your own (RECOMMENDED) or recreate one from the examples provided. Some Sphero Programs for You to Try
TEST IT with your Sphero to verify it works the way you wish it to work.
You can change it as you wish as it's NOT right or wrong but "keep trying" until you are satisfied
TO GET CREDIT/POINTS: Make sure to choose BOTH "Share with Classmates" and "Share with Teacher"
Try out some of your peers' programs and some of those in the Resources area collected by your teacher that were demoed in class.

A list of Sphero Challenges from a classroom teacher in Georgia. Try some of these out....

Choose Drive/Touch Control (icon in purple square)
- Find and pair your device with your Sphero. Make sure to choose the correct Sphero and not someone else's
- Calibrate the Sphero by using Aim to aim the light on the Sphero toward you
- Use the remote control on your phone/iPad to move the Sphero and change speed, etc.
Choose Activities (icon in blue square) to explore activities that your teacher assigns.
Choose Resources (icon in green square) to try out one of the class programs shared with your class to run on your Sphero (e.g. WCU pride, Disco Dance Party, Magic Eight Ball)
Choose Programs (icon in red square) to create your own programs starting with a simple draw program and moving up to your own block coding

RESOURCES O' THE DAY:

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

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

Videos on Computational Thinking and Coding:

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

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

Sphero