Sphero Meets Peoples Academy Middle School

R2 Read 2 arrived right before Peoples Academy Middle School went on their extended winter break! Students had just enough time to start tinkering with our Sphero robot and learning what it can do. Our 7th grade students have been using their coding skills and the Tickle app for programming. We've taught R2 Read 2 some awesome tricks along the way- jumping and spinning across the library! (Video coming soon!) We are excited to continue learning and mastering our coding skills this month! Stay tuned...

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Round robots can be tricky

Challenges and How We Met Them

In addition to training Outta Sight (Ollie) for the Robot Rodeo, students at Orchard School in South Burlington have been involved in a collaborative project with a couple of schools in Connecticut and Georgia. For the past five weeks, students have been learning how to program various robots, including Dash/Dot, BB8, Spheros and Finches. We now have some challenges posed by our friends. Here is the link to their Flipgrid:

http://flipgrid.com/#13c2de55

This week, Orchard School students are answering the challenges in our own Flipgrid.

http://flipgrid.com/#ce6585d9

Be sure to check back through the week as more and more classes answer additional challenges!

Sphero SPRK is popular after school at Mill River!

Students experimenting with programming the Sphero SPRK at Mill River Union School

Still waiting to find out which name wins!  Programming is going well!

Outta Sight Fun at Orchard School

Fourth and fifth graders at Orchard School in South Burlington are continuing to learn so much about programming through using Outta Sight (AKA Ollie). Here's another challenge on the simple course:

If the smiles on their faces are any indication, I'd say that the Robot Rodeo is a HUGE success!

SPRK Name Voting begins at Mill River UHS

So far, Bert is leading the pack (the sign says "We vote for Bert!")!

Sphero SPRK arrives at Mill River UHS!

Fourth grade fun with Ollie at Orchard School.

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A VERY Speedy Ollie!

These Orchard School fourth graders programmed Ollie to speed through the simple course. I wish we could have clocked it!

Watch Ollie Move Through a Simple Course!

Fifth graders at Orchard School in South Burlington are learning SO much by using the Tickle app to program Ollie. Here's a video of one of the successful programs:

Orchard School 5th graders had so much fun programming Ollie!

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Orchard 4th graders finally lassoed Outta Sight into the "Tiger" course.

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At first, Outta Sight strayed out of the ""Tiger" course at Orchard School.

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Teams of @OrchardVT students program Ollie (now named Outta Sight)

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