https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv By Briana Callahan en-us 2019-12-09 18:41:19 UTC 2025-10-08 19:06:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4bb.png callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421789655 mBots are small educational robots that introduce programming to students.]]> 2019-12-09 18:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421789655 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421846644 The mBot tools allow students to directly work with block-based programming. The students use an iPad to create the different programming functions of the mBot. The iPad connects to the mBot through an app to transfer the programmed movements to the physical robot that moves around in the classroom on the floor.

Source: https://www.makeblock.com/steam-kits/mbot and EDCO 305 class time experience]]> 2019-12-09 20:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421846644 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421847916          I could use mBots in my classroom by utilizing the music note functions of the mBot. In the programming app that accompanies the mBot, there are options of notes to choose from in the range of a one octave C scale. Students can program the mBot to play those notes through its speakers.
         I as the teacher could give students a set of directions to follow that gave them different musical intervals to play. For example, one of the intervals they could program the mBot to play would be the interval of a third. So the students would have step by step directions on how to program the mBot to play a C, then directions on how to  program the mBot to play an E afterwards. After they were done programming, they would click the start button to make the mBot play their notes. The students will hear what different intervals are supposed to sound like this way. Some intervals will be skips, and some will be steps. Students can test if their mBot played the right interval by going to the classroom piano or xylophone and playing a C and an E, (or whichever notes they were supposed to program) and listen to it right after listening to the mBot to see if it sounds the same. They will also see when they play it on the piano or xylophone if that set of instructions was for playing a step or a skip when they see how far apart or clsoe together the notes are to each other on the instrument.
          Students can either do this individually taking turns or in groups, depending on how many mBots the school has access to, which affects how long it would take for students to take turns one by one on each mBot.

Source: EDCO 305 classroom experience with the mBot]]> 2019-12-09 20:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421847916 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421848841 The only cost to implement this tool into my classroom if I were teaching in the Clover School District (where I am currently interning) would be the cost of the mBots themselves. The Clover School District supplies each student and teacher with their own personal iPads, so the students would already have the tool that they would be  programming on. The cost of the mBot robots is $69 each. There are discounts for schools and organizations that buy multiple mBots, but they do not list the prices for organizations on their websites, they only give out quotes.

Source: https://www.makeblock.com/steam-kits/mbot]]> 2019-12-09 20:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421848841 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421873790 The Digital Citizenship points I will need to consider when teaching students how to use this tool include Digital Literacy, Digital Rights and Responsibility, and Digital Health and Wellness. Digital Literacy is important for using the mBots because it is the process of learning about and using technology appropriately.

Source: https://id.iste.org/docs/excerpts/DIGCI2-excerpt.pdf ]]> 2019-12-09 21:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421873790 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421874598 2019-12-09 21:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421874598 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421878123  Indicator GM.P NM.4.2 
 I can play melodic patterns using steps and skips. 

Source: SC General Music Standards]]> 2019-12-09 21:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421878123 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421878245 Standard 4: Develop a program to express an idea or address a problem.
 3.AP.4.2 Test a series of directions to successfully complete a simple task. 

Source: SC Computer Science and Digital Literacy Standards]]> 2019-12-09 21:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421878245 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421879126 Checkpoint 2.5:
Illustrate Through Multiple Media

Source:  "UDL Now! A Teacher’s Guide to Applying UDL in Today’s Classrooms" by Katie Novak and http://udlguidelines.cast.org/ ]]> 2019-12-09 21:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421879126 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421941813 The Content Standard is used in the lesson through the students playing skip intervals and step-wise intervals on the mBot, and then also on the piano or xylophone.
The Technology Standard is used in the lesson through the students following step by step directions to complete the task of programming the mBot to play musical intervals.]]> 2019-12-10 01:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421941813 callahanb2 https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421948638 This UDL Checkpoint is incorporated into the lesson through the use of the mBot technology tool because it gives students multiple ways to perform musical intervals. The mBot is a media that is not used often by the average student, especially in a music classroom where students are usually writing music notes on the board. The students also get to use the classroom piano and xylophone to play the notes themselves after programming the mBot to play the notes. ]]> 2019-12-10 01:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/callahanb2/j3alycu4foyv/wish/421948638