In today's ever-changing world, our students need opportunities that make them competitive and marketable to colleges and in their future careers. My goal is for my students to experience and become comfortable with 21st Century technology and become aware of all of their future career options.
Our students are motivated to code and program, but unfortunately they do not always have the resources to practice these experiences beyond the classroom.
This also, does not expose them to careers that are available today. I teach technology to K-5 grade students and I want all of my students to be able to experience the coding and engineering opportunities that Lego provides with their robotics products.
My Project
My students will work together to develop a plan for building a robot with anticipated movements. Through the development process, students will discover what works and what doesn't. Employing an engineering mind-set of perseverance and creative problem-solving, students will then have the opportunity, using the Lego Education Wedo Construction Set 9580, to re-develop their initial plans and create a new design that works better. This is a multi-step, revolving process that will have students not only understanding how to engineer and code, but also how to think like an engineer, redesign and persevere.
My students will have the opportunity to explore careers generally out of their current scope of understanding and personal experience.
This will give my students more confidence by being leaders in their schools, developing working knowledge of 21st Century skills.
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