7P7 - Circuit Playground Express

Reflection

Using the circuit playground express and the computer, I created 3 different projects. The few I made were, Clap Light, Siren, and Magic Wand. I made them because I thought they would be cool with all the different colors and sounds.

• During this process, I learned many things. First, how to use the circuit playground express without any help from past people's work. Second, how to make them download to make them do the code. Last, how to start it, the center button.

• 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 Computational Thinker. It ties to it because I learned how to use this website while being one of the first people using it.

• A challenge I overcame on this project was how to make the code do its job on the circuit Playground express. I was able to do it by hitting the slow-mo button under the image of it and then pressing the refresh button next to it, not the one at the top of the screen. I also learned how to restart it so I can do another project. You do it by hitting the center button on the circuit playground express.

• Given a chance to do this again, I would change the amount of projects I did. The reason why I would change it is because it was a ton of fun but I wasn't here the first 2 days so I didn't have as much time as others. I would also do more challenging projects because then I'd be challenging my brain more teaching me more things.

• 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 Engineering design CTE program at Hastings High School.  My project connects to careers in engineering and programming like a software engineer.