After spending a class getting my feet wet into the large pool of technology related literacies, I have decided to share my thoughts on a nice gadget that will be making its way to my school. My summer school director decided to have me put on a tech related summer session (which I am super psyched about) and together we decided that the best way to introduce coding and programming to students would be through the Sphero SPRK+.
We received our test Sphero's and have had a day to play with them and the drag and drop programming is very straight forward. I love the fact that students can write programming as well. There is also a "free style" method that lets users control the sphere like you would an RC car. I will still be doing test runs of the programming, so far, it is fun.
Using the device also helped me narrow down the activities I will doing with my 20 students during my 3 week summer session. Since it is a group that is above the average GPA, I am trying to incorporate socialization activities along with some creative technology activities. Once I am a bit more satisfied with the lesson plan I will be implementing I will share here, along with pictures and videos.
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