Elementary Robotics

Use of hardware like Dash & Dot robots and micro:bits supports students in developing the concepts and practices that make up computational thinking and other overarching practices of the computer science standards.

Participants attending the ASDCS 102: CS Hardware Training (K-3) will receive their school's allocation of seven Code & Go Mice and seven Dash robots with Kindle Fires.

Participants attending the ASDCS 102: CS Hardware Training (4-5) will receive their school's allocation of a class set (30) micro:bits.

Code & Go Mice

Code & Go mice promote screen-free coding fundamentals to quickly integrate computer science into the classroom!

This coding set for kids turns coding into a hands-on activity for tactile and visual learners. As kids learn to program they learn critical thinking skills that include problem solving, sequencing, and programming fundamentals. Each mouse lights up, makes sounds and moves based on directional buttons making for easy programming and sequencing. In each set are maze grids, walls, tunnels, cards to guide learners and even a cheese wedge!

Dash & Dot Robots

Dash and Dot brings together robotics and education in an innovative way.

Dash is a real robot, charged and ready to play out of the box. Responding to voice, navigating objects, dancing, and singing, Dash is the robot students dream of having. Paired via bluetooth connections, programs are designed through a Kindle Fire and run through Dash. Using applications like Wonder, Blockly, and others, students are encouraged to create new behaviors for Dash -- doing more with fundamental robotics than ever possible.

micro:bit

micro:bit is a handheld, fully programmable computer, designed to make learning easy and fun!

The micro:bit is an easy and effective learning tool for digital skills and creativity. Students using micro:bits in their classroom will create a program using an online coding application, download their program to the micro:bit and use the computer for various tasks. On the face of the device are two programmable buttons that can be used to control games and 25 red LED lights that can display messages. A micro:bit can detect motion and tell which direction you’re heading in, and it can use a low energy Bluetooth connection to interact with other devices!