Computer Science Week is December 5-9. How can you use Spheros to teach coding? by Chidi Iromuanya https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero Share and you could win Spheros for your school. (Please type your school name as the title when you answer) en-us 2022-11-22 16:41:09 UTC 2023-01-12 19:28:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4bb.png Oliver Academy students' in grades 3-7 will work in groups to create a digital maze for another team. The other team must build the maze, code their Sphero and run the maze...students will have a time frame and other constraints they must adhere to https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2403986294 2022-11-30 18:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2403986294 Spheros and Coding (MBGarvin) https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2409310942 Garvin students in grades 3 to 5 will collaborate in teams of 4 (4 to 5 students per team) to create paths to a maze. They will create the maze based on a theme created by teacher. They will use the roll block. The roll block has 3 inputs to be successfully done. Speed, heading, and duration. Students will be graded on time and accuracy for this particular assignment.]]> 2022-12-05 15:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2409310942 Hughes School https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2409584149 Pre K -2 students can click and drag block-based blocks to give the Sphero commands that their Sphero can roll to navigate a path.  Grades 3-5 coders can use sequential algorithms to move a Sphero by stacking code blocks together in a linear sequence to learn more advanced logic to navigate through a particular maze/or path.]]> 2022-12-05 18:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2409584149 coding- Mr. Onyeani- Johnnie Cochran Academy https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2409736181 I can use spheros to teach coding by having my students program the bots to go right and left and explaining to them this is the same process as html. When you teach a computer to follow certain commands it can process this system.

Mr. Onyeani
Johnnie Cochran Academy

]]> 2022-12-05 20:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2409736181 Edward T. Bowser https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2414734461 Older students can create mazes for younger students to create programs to travel completely through a maze. Students can also create mazes that will form shapes or words that can be associated with a particular topic. ]]> 2022-12-08 18:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2414734461 Healy Middle School patrick_trentacost https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2415744473 Healy students have learned how to code their Spheros to navigate mazes, change color, alter speed, and make it to the end as efficiently as possible. This video is a sample run of a student-created code on Mr. Trent's color maze. ]]> 2022-12-09 15:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2415744473 Costley https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2418368626 Costley will use them for a Dance Contest. Students will coordinate a routine using the device and music as pat of a competition. ]]> 2022-12-12 20:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2418368626 STEM https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2418368812 Students will use Spheros to put the coding skills they have learned in Code.org and Robotif to complete a series of tasks.]]> 2022-12-12 20:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2418368812 Houston Academy https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2418371820 My students absolutely enjoy using Spheros! My middle schoolers and upper elementary students can use them to program various mazes. They will learn various usage using block based coding. Additionally, they would totally enjoy competing with each other. ]]> 2022-12-12 20:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2418371820 Coding - Banneker Academy I will use the set with my middle school 7th and 8th grade coding projects incorporating activities for digital footprints and cyber security. https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2418375710 2022-12-12 20:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2418375710 Sojourner Truth Middle School https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2421814397 One way Sojourner Truth can use the Spheros is to model the walk home from school. We can create a model of the local streets and "walk" the Spheros home.]]> 2022-12-15 13:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2421814397 Jackson Academy https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2422151244 Students in grades 4 and 5 will work in groups with spheros completing activities in the App. They will also create their own floor plan incorporating the blocks they have learned.]]> 2022-12-15 17:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2422151244 Tyson Middle/High https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2422175676 Spheros, despite looking like a toy, is a very engaging tool in which students can be introduced to coding. When my students participated to the Sphero challenge last year we coded the path of our Sphero's through the obstacle course. Despite having the option of manually driving the sphero the course the students found out that coding in the path was a more efficient way for the sphero to go through the course. 



]]> 2022-12-15 17:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2422175676 Wahlstrom https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2427656519 The use of the spheros with teaching code to the students at Wahlstrom (pre-k/k) gives them a hands-on opportunity to understand what, in real-time, an algorithm is while creating an algorithm. The spheros help develops our student's problem-solving abilities, which is the base of any coding activity. ]]> 2022-12-22 19:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2427656519 Warwick https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2439559905 Student leaders at Warwick will use prior knowledge of coding to design mazes and obstacle courses for Sphero Robots. Student leaders will be able to work in teams to see who can develop the best course. We are looking forward to seeing what they create!]]> 2023-01-10 16:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2439559905 Sphero Sprk https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2441485831 The Kindergarten students used the Drive function to navigate the Sphero around the classroom. They practiced changing the color, aiming the Sphero, and changing the speed. They also used the Draw function to program Sphero to draw a shape and write letters of the alphabet. 
Althea Gibson Academy ]]> 2023-01-11 21:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ciromuanya/Sphero/wish/2441485831