Are you working by yourself or in a team?
For this project, I am working by myself.
What materials will you need for your project?
I will need to use my computer, and the Circuit Playground app.
What is your plan to create in this project?
My plan is to create a fun 'show' with this coding project!
What unique qualities will your project have?
A unique quality my project will have is that I tried my best to make it as creative, and entertaining as possible..and to show my efforts as someone who isn't the best at coding.
you can't really hear the song because of the people in the back, but I tried too many times and this was the one with the best sound! SORRY
Create another SONG?
Create a light show.
Manage to build something!
Make a sensor, so it goes off whenever a certain thing happens.
Create a glowing nametag.
Create a robot that completely avoids light.
Making a shoe accessory.
Create a robot that is sensitive to noise, and goes off when it gets loud?
Build a little animal and name it Tony.
Make something Star-Wars related.
Today, I am writing down a list of 10 good ideas, and choosing between the Micro-Bit and the Circuit Playground Express, I also filled out the mini questions for the project. I also edited the style of my website page!
Today, I was absent! But I did some thinking..and I don't really enjoy coding! So I am going to make the robot make a song again. OR I will test out more things on the website.
Today, I am trying on circuit playground, and seeing what seems easy. A light show with a cool song might be nice, unlike with the drones where I couldn't do a light show.
Today, I came up with the absolute best idea ever. I will create a little project with freetime at home, which will go with the adafruit project...it will be a cardboard project of spongebob. I hope I can trust the process.
Today, I am setting up what I would like my robot to do, and how many functions I want it to have.
Today, I came in late, so all I got to do was finish my song! But I got some supplies to help with what I want to try to do with the project..I hope it comes out okay.
Today, I am wrapping up some of my coding, and I am going to test it out on my Circuit Playground robot...thing tomorrow once I get my project fully set up.
Today, I was absent! But I made my cardboard figure.
Today, I recorded my video, and created my resolution...after being absent for a million years!
Using the classroom circuit playground and equipment from my house, I created a Sponge-bob figure because I wanted to have some creativity shown within my project. Also to show that I managed my time well during the 8-10 days given. I also created it because I was really bored and wanted to create something Sponge-bob related because he is one of my favorite cartoon characters, and I wanted to show that I can make use of cardboard lying around my house. Lastly, I really wanted to make the project start to play its theme song to show that I learned how to code songs for the second time.
During this process, I learned how to use the Circuit Playground Express. Learning how took some time, but I soon realized that it was really similar to the coding of my past drone project. I soon got the hang of it, and I also learned how to manage the 'music' setting on the Adafruit website, using the piano keys took a minute to learn for sure. I also learned how to create figures with cardboard.
The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Innovative Designer because this project was strictly within using the Circuit playground as a tool, with a design process, which is a big component with this standard. I also came across multiple obstacles with coding, and within creating my side project with cardboard. Lastly, it connects because it is a unique cardboard figure made with interactive coding which is an 'imaginative solution'.
A challenge I overcame on this project was learning how to connect the Circuit playground, I was able to do it by asking peers how to correctly do it. I also watched the videos from Mrrenner.com for some help as well. Another challenge I overcame was with creating my cardboard project. It took a while to find a few of the pieces, and with putting it together.
Given a chance to do this again, I would change the way I made the cardboard figure. The reason why I would change it is because it was my first time trying to make a cardboard side project to go along with my coding, and I believe that it really didn't come out well. It didn't look the way I wanted it to come out, but I am glad I at least got to have it in my project. Another thing I wasn't happy with my project was the song. It didn't sound that correct, and using the tempo settings on Circuit Playground was really confusing.
Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the computer programming CTE program at Hastings High School. It connects to computer programming because it deals with coding, and I was coding with my computer for this project. I also used it for testing out new things such as trying to learn how to use the Circuit Playground Express while trying to connect it with the robot. I programmed a 'robot' type project with my computer, which is mostly why it connects to the Hastings High School Computer programming CTE program
My project connects to careers in Robotic Engineering because I programmed a prototype with the Adafruit Circuit Express playground. A robotic engineer does very similar things, with programming certain robots, which is similar to what I did with my project. I created a figure that reacts to certain actions/motions. A robotic engineer creates similar projects to mine, such as store alarm systems and many more things like cool robots at theme parks!