My students need 3 Parallax ActivityBots and 3 Parallax Electronics Kits to build their electronics and programming knowledge while having fun.
$1,125 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Continuation students are rarely high achievers, but some will work hard in programming; and hopefully, computer science principles, because they see coding as neutral. Also, Special Education students comprise a small, but highly motivated group. A few get into the quiet of programming.
Almost all of the students have been math failures or weak in math for ten years, but they don't know failure in programming, and they can taste success.
In short, they can approach the best.
Boys and the girls enjoy coding. The big question is whether they are willing to be academic and learn a little computer science and electronics - the whys, not just the hows.
We have computers, but we strive for an easy-entry curriculum of classroom robotics combined with hands-on electronics. All products use the same graphical and/or text programming software so that they move between hardware without agonizing delays. The yin-yang of my students suggests that they need some challenges, but too many obstacles break them down. They need a carefully selected progression of activities so that they can blossom.
My Project
Learning elementary electronics helps students understand and work with the products of their times such as phones or microwave ovens.
Programming and electronics comprise the twin 21st-century skills needed by students to understand their world and work within it.
Students will work by themselves or in teams of two to probe breadboards, diagram circuits, modify software, drive robots with handheld controllers or programs, and work within Google Classroom to document their work.
The Propeller products of Rocklin, California's Parallax use the same software and electronics from simple robots through drones. Driving or flying robots motivates students to keep going and thrive. They know they can make it when they do it.
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