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Collaborative Coding

Resources Used

Online Resources:

Technology Resources:

  • iPads to run coding apps and robotics
  • Dash and Dot robotics and accessory pack to enhance coding options.This also included a Learn to Code curriculum guide and challenge cards. These resources were very valuable and helped us learn how to implement coding tasks in the classroom and was a way to see how the products could be used.
  • Osmo and accessories including Awebie and Coding Jam expansion packs. They are great straightforward coding games. They direct the player through increasingly difficult coding tasks.
  • Code-a-Pillar is a robot that students can program to move in different ways
  • Ozobots – The goal of the Ozobot is to introduce kids to simple coding and, at the same time, teach skills such as deductive reasoning while expanding their imaginations. The website has a variety of lesson plans to use in your classroom that are ready to go.
  • FurReal Makers Proto Max can be coded to respond in specific ways and create an individual personality
  • Code and Go Mouse is a very straightforward and simple robotic device that introduces students to coding with the use of visuals and a programmable mouse. Students create mazes and paths for the mouse to follow.
  • Meccano M.A.X. is the most advanced technology we purchased. The user first builds the robot, then can program it to do specific things and then can interact with the robot. It has AI abilities to learn how you respond to it and the environment it is in. This is the most open-ended technology we purchased as the user is able to create games, have the robot perform tasks and build flow charts for behaviours.
  • Controlling an Ozobot by Amber Lovett, 2017 Cherry Lake Publishing

We explored several different apps, including:

  • LightBot: Code Hour
  • Tynker: Coding for Kids
  • Code-a-Pillar
  • BigSeed
  • Cargo-Bot
  • KickBox
  • Lego Mindstorms Fix The Factory
  • Wonder Go, Blocky Jr., Blocky, Wonder (all used for Dash and Dot)
  • Coding Jam (for Osmo)
  • Kodable
  • ScratchJr.
  • Blue-Bot
  • Daisy Dinosaur
  • Box Island

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