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Through a grant from the Rockland Community Foundation, we have five TELLO Drones available for classrooms use.
Through a grant from the Rockland Community Foundation, we have five TELLO Drones available for classrooms use.
What is a Tello Drone?
What is a Tello Drone?
A TELLO Drone is a small quadcopter drone that can be flown indoors or out. They can be flown using a virtual controller on an iPad, tablet, or phone connected to the drone via wifi. They can also be flown autonomously by programming them with block code or Python. The coding can be done on any device that has wifi capability including desktops, laptops and Chromebooks.
The Drone has a camera that will record pictures and video directly in the app on the device that is controlling it, it does not have internal storage capability. The drone uses optical sensors to identify its location and remain stable in flight. It does not have GPS tracking though. When it takes off it will hover in place as long as the surface below has some contrast that it can track.
The Drone is battery operated and flies for approximately 12-15 minutes on a charge. There are multiple batteries that can be interchanged and recharged to keep your students flying.
Where does this fit into my curriculum?
Where does this fit into my curriculum?
That is a great question but there are endless possibilities when it comes to curriculum connections.
That is a great question but there are endless possibilities when it comes to curriculum connections.
The obvious answer is anyplace you are teaching problem solving and coding, the TELLO Drone is a perfect tool to compliment your instruction.
Using the camera to record pictures or videos in your room, around the school, or the community to be used as prompts for writing and incorporated into instruction around the community theme.
Get a birds-eye view of the geography around your building to enrich your instruction.
Do you teach about aerodynamics, counter-rotation, or flight? If you do, these drones are a great way to teach about and experience them first hand.
If you teach business, this is a current topic that is going to grow rapidly for many years. UPS, Amazon, Google, and many other businesses are exploring ways to expand the use of Drones in their respective businesses. The laws, ethics, and practicality are all great topics of discussion that can come from exploring drones in general.
If you want help seeing where drones could fit into your classroom, please reach out to Techfacilitators@ccsd.edu for support.
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