A brief overview of educational robots and how they can be used in the classroom.

1. Robots
Reprogramming
the Classroom
Michelle Meracis

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About Me
• Teacher
• Leader
• Mentor
• Coach
• Learner
• Collaborator
• Thinker
• Blogger
• Coder
• STEAM Advocate
• Apple Distinguished Educator
• Apple Teacher
B.Ed (Primary)
Post Grad Computer Education

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About You
Poll

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Robots – Your Experience
Poll

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Robots – My Experience

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• Timeline
• Media
• Curriculum Links
• Coding Links
• Educational Robots
• Robot Kits
• Apps
• Stockists
• Summary
• Where to from here?
Session Outline

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Timeline
• 1495 Leonardo da Vinci – sketches – humanoid robot
• 1700-1900 Life-sized automations created – duck
• 1913 Henry Ford – world’s first moving
conveyor belt-based assembly line
• 1920 Karel Capek – first use of word ‘robot’ (play)
• 1932 Japan – first wind-up toy
• 1954 George Devol and Joe Engleberger – first
programmable robot ‘arm’
• 1977 Star Wars movie
• 1997 Japan – first Robocup tournament
Mars – first robot rover
• 1999 Sony – robotic dog
• 2002 Robotic vacuum cleaner
Source: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/technology/historyofrobotics.html

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Media

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Curriculum Links
• English
o Understanding sequence
o Topic-specific vocabulary
o Procedural texts
o Action verbs
• Mathematics
o Location
o Geometry
o Problem solving
• Technologies: Digital Technologies
o Sequence steps and decisions
o Computational thinking
o Programming languages: visual, written

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Computational Thinking

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Coding Links
Coding and Robotics go hand in hand 
• Where to start:
o Movement
o Coding cards
o Coding apps / web sites
- CargoBot
- ScratchJr
- Daisy the Dinosaur
- Code.org, Tynker
- Scratch, Snap, Pyonkee, Hopscotch, Tickle, Blockly
- Swift Playgrounds
o Robots – variety to choose from

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Robots in your classroom
Poll

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Coding Cards
http://littlecodr.com/

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Cubetto
https://www.primotoys.com/

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Bee-Bots

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Blue-Bots

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Pro-Bots

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Discussion
(3 minutes)
Classroom Application

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Ozobots
http://ozobot.com/

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Dash & Dot
https://www.makewonder.com/

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Codeybot
http://www.codeybot.com/

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Kamibot
http://www.kamibot.com/

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mBlock
http://www.mblock.cc/

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Sphero
http://www.sphero.com/

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Classroom Application
Discussion
(3 minutes)

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Edison
https://meetedison.com/

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Lego WeDo / WeDo 2.0
https://education.lego.com/en-au/product/wedo

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Jimu Robot
https://jimurobots.com/

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Cozmo
https://anki.com/en-us/cozmo

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Mindstorms EV3
https://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/about-ev3

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Drones
https://www.parrot.com/us/MINIDRONES#minidrones

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Classroom Application
Discussion
(3 minutes)

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PMI
Discussion
(3 minutes)

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Nao, Pepper and Romeo

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Robot Kits
http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/make-your-own-tinker-box-build-robots-stem-project-for-kids

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Robotic Hand
https://youtu.be/VFfUfYtsTdE

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Robotic Arm
https://youtu.be/P2r9U4wkjcc

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Apps

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Stockists
http://www.edtechs.com.au/
http://www.hop.com.au/
http://www.teaching.com.au/

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10 word reflection
Discussion
(3 minutes)

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Summary
Coding and Robotics go hand in hand 
• Where to start:
o Movement
o Coding cards
o Coding apps / web sites
- CargoBot
- ScratchJr
- Daisy the Dinosaur
- Code.org, Tynker
- Scratch, Snap, Pyonkee, Hopscotch, Tickle, Blockly
- Swift Playgrounds
o Robots – variety to choose from
o Start small – enjoy your journey! 
Explore
Have fun!

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Where to from here?
Discussion
(3 minutes)

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Thank you 
Michelle Meracis
@michellemeracis
+Michelle Meracis
michelle.meracis@gmail.com