Bee-Bot!
- Miss Walker
- Dec 10, 2014
- 1 min read
Year Two love Bee-Bot! This programmable floor robot enables children to improve their skills in directional language and programming by giving Bee-Bot a sequence of forwards, backwards, and left and right 90 degree turns. It is extremely easy to use, and children can relate the movements required to their knowledge of their own bodies, supporting the identification of new ideas (Briggs 2013).
One of the benefits of using this technology in class is that the children absolutely love it- engagement and enjoyment of the lesson is almost guaranteed- and they don't even consider that they are being 'computer programmers'! Today's Learning Objective was:
"To be able to direct a Beebot across a grid to a set destination"
The children had to program Beebot with a sequence of movements, directing him around the table to a set destination. They had to remember to cancel previous instructions otherwise Beebot might have a nasty accident!
Success Criteria: ALL children will be able to direct the bee-bot
All children achieved the success criteria!
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