Ozobots
What is an Ozobot?
Ozobots are little robots that are designed as an introduction to coding. Students use color combinations to move the ozobot on a path from one location to another. The possibilities for using this are endless!
An Ozobot can be programmed using lines and colour. Students can use colour combinations to move the Ozobot on a path from one location to another.
How do Ozobots work?
Ozobots are a line-following robot - whatever line you draw, they will follow it. They can follow the path of a black line drawn by the students. Turn the Ozobot on and simply place the Ozobot on the line, and it will follow it to the end. Students can draw colour coded commands to make the Ozobit slow down, speed up, cruise, etc. Students can code the Ozobot using Ozoblockly. OzoBlockly is a visual programming language used to code Ozobots Evo and Bit. Drag and drop blocks to make your bot dance, play games, or do tricks!
Using Ozobots in the Classroom
Classroom Ideas
Teachers can set up activities on Ozobot Classroom for their students to complete.
https://classroom.ozobot.com/dashboard
There are many units of work and ideas to integrate Ozobots into Literacy and Mathematics lessons.
How to use the Ozobots
Storytelling with the Ozobot
Area and Ozobots
See the Ozobots in action at Chisholm Catholic Primary
Literacy and Coding
The narrative based activity allowed each student the creativity to explore coding without predetermined outcomes. It provided student with autonomy around how they designed their narrative and determined the programming of their Blue-Bot.
K - Focused on basic navigation and coding concepts using the Blue-bots with pre-made mats
Stage 1 - Focused on creating their own coding program based on well known stories - The Very Hungry Caterpillar or We're Going on a Bear hunt or Rosie's Walk (used purpose made cards for the story)
Stage 2-3 Focused on creating a program to represent a narrative they created.
Ozobots are available for loan from the Digital Learning Library.
Email: lex@parra.catholic.edu.au