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I have several projects in mind; from student-created mazes to navigate the Spheros through; using the Spheros to design a piece of art inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock; to (once their coding skill grows) “painting with light”, which would be using the Slow Shutter app to capture the movement of the Spheros as a colored line of light in a photograph! I could see incorporating these kinds of activities into a parent involvement night…the possibilities are endless and they all start with having more than one Sphero SPRK! My first project though, will be to have the students learn about the artist, Jackson Pollock and then have the students drive the Sphero SPRKs through areas of paint, creating a cooperative group image in his style. This will give the students an opportunity to learn basic navigation. Then we will learn the basics of block programming by programming shapes for the Sphero to paint. As their programming skills improved, the student groups will design mazes in their art journals, build them, and learn to program the Sphero SPRKs to run them. This will involve measuring angles for turns and measuring distances for the straight sections. They will need to be aware of speed for navigating inclines as they create their diabolical mazes to stump the other groups! They will improve their problem-solving skills, writing about their efforts and planning for improvements, thus utilizing real world skills that will stand them in good stead for the future!

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I have several projects in mind; from student-created mazes to navigate the Spheros through; using the Spheros to design a piece of art inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock; to (once their coding skill grows) “painting with light”, which would be using the Slow Shutter app to capture the movement of the Spheros as a colored line of light in a photograph! I could see incorporating these kinds of activities into a parent involvement night…the possibilities are endless and they all start with having more than one Sphero SPRK! My first project though, will be to have the students learn about the artist, Jackson Pollock and then have the students drive the Sphero SPRKs through areas of paint, creating a cooperative group image in his style. This will give the students an opportunity to learn basic navigation. Then we will learn the basics of block programming by programming shapes for the Sphero to paint. As their programming skills improved, the student groups will design mazes in their art journals, build them, and learn to program the Sphero SPRKs to run them. This will involve measuring angles for turns and measuring distances for the straight sections. They will need to be aware of speed for navigating inclines as they create their diabolical mazes to stump the other groups! They will improve their problem-solving skills, writing about their efforts and planning for improvements, thus utilizing real world skills that will stand them in good stead for the future!

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