Coding and Spheros: Create a SPRK!

1. Coding & Robotics:
Create a SPRK!
Karen Bosch
Southfield Christian
k.bosch@me.com
@karlyb
Lori Wetzel
Fraser Public Schools
lori.wetzel@fraserk12.org
@lwetzel
Cheryl Boes
Utica Community Schools
cheryl.boes@uticak12.org
@boesca

2. WHY?

3. Why Computer Science in K-12? https://code.org/promote

4. Imagefrom:http://engageduniversity.blogs.wesleyan.edu/files/2013/09/Inv_cc_8_standards_Lview.jpg

5. Posters designed by Project NEURON and available for free download at http://neuron.illinois.edu. Text adapted from the Next Generation Science Standards, in accordance to the Public License. © Copyright 2013 Achieve, Inc. All rights reserved.
Science and Engineering
Practices
Asking questions and
defining problems
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying
out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Using mathematics and
computational thinking
Constructing explanations
and designing solutions
Engaging in argument from evidence
Obtaining, evaluating, and
communicating information
Imagefrom:https://neuron.illinois.edu/files/sessions/541/NGSSposters-largetext.pdf

6. The Bad News…
Why Computer Science in K-12? https://code.org/promote

7. The Good News?

8. A thought?
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/coding-new-foreign-language-requirement-helen-mowers

9. Video from flocabulary.com

10. https://www.gethopscotch.com/resources
Hopscotch Newsletter
Hopscotch Forum

11. Images from http://blog.gethopscotch.com
Hopscotch Curricula
Lessons
1: What is Computer Science?
2: Loops!
3: Loops continued!
4: Totally Random
5: Get Organized
6: Put It All Together!
7: Final Project
https://www.gethopscotch.com/parents-and-educators

12. Images from http://blog.gethopscotch.com
Hopscotch
Levels

13. https://www.gethopscotch.com/resources
Hopscotch Curriculum
Lessons
Lesson 1: Crossy Road
Lesson 2: Geometry Dash
Lesson 3: Which Emoji Are You?
Lesson 4: Flappy Bird
Lesson 5: Subway Surfers
Lesson 6: Can You Escape?
http://hopscotch-curriculum-files.s3.amazonaws.com/Hopscotch%20Curriculum%202015.pdf

14. https://www.gethopscotch.com/resources
Crossy Roads Final Product - Before

15. https://www.gethopscotch.com/resources
Crossy Roads Final Product - After

16. https://www.gethopscotch.com/resources

17. https://www.gethopscotch.com/resources

18. Image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scratch_Logo.svg

19. Image from https://code.org

20. Image from https://code.org

21. Image from https://code.org

22. Problem
Solving
Coding Apps
Lightbot One Hour Coding
Cargo-Bot
Move the Turtle (paid)
Daisy the Dino

23. Coding with Swift
Brian Foutty
Trumbull Career and Technical Center
Warren, OH
brain@ifoutty.com
@bfoutty

24. Coding with Swift

25. Code, Create, Learn with Sphero!

26. Target Practice
Measurement
4th Grade
Sphero app

27. Target Practice

28. Target Practice
Data: Averages, Spreadsheet, Graph

30. SPRK LESSONS:
http://www.sphero.com/education
Macrolab App
Middle School

31. Block Programing
Apps
Tickle
SPRK Lightning Lab
Tynker

32. Sphero Video Challenges
Hokey Pokey

33. Sphero Video Challenges
Flower Power

34. Sphero Video Challenges:
Blog Posts

35. Sphero + Green Screen: Storytelling!
Doink Green Screen + iMovie

36. Sphero + Green Screen: Storytelling!
Doink Green Screen + iMovie

39. Codes are Everywhere!
Binary Code
Block-Based Code
Morse Code
QR Codes

40. Literature Connection
Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph

43. Binary Bracelets
https://code.org/curriculum/course2/14/Activity14-BinaryBracelets.pdf

44. Simulation Fun
Real World
Connections
Team Building
Problem Solving
Self-Paced
Interactive

45. Tasks to Explore
• Robot Testing Lab
• Tynker App
• Research & Development
• code.org
• QR Codes
• Promote Company via
Social Media (Digital
Citizenship)
• Code Cafe

50. iTunesU Sphero Courses
The Martian: Sphero Edition
Full Steam Ahead: Introducing
Sphero
Introduction to Coding with
Sphero

51. http://tinyurl.com/maculcoding