codey rocky
Codey Rocky is a programmable device with mBlock 5.0, a scratch-based software. The proposals of this workshop referring to Codey Rocky range from the use in Pre-K Education to Primary. There are two types of apps to use the Codey Rocky: mBlock and MakeBlock, the first one, aimed at users who are 7-9 years old, can program Codey Rocky to detect colors, avoid obstacles, etc. In the app called MakeBlock, which is much more accessible to children in early childhood education and the Y1 and Y2 students, the robot would work as a Bluebot, being able to drive it with the tablet and draw its route.
We can also use games to tell stories such as the Story Cubes or the Tell Me a Story game together with Codey Rocky to create stories, making it look for obstacles and, when you find a card, stop in front of it.
Driving My Tractor
This activity consists on coding the Codey Rocky to explain the Driving My Tractor story collectively.
Age: 4-6 years old.
Description: This activity can be done using any of the topics related to the story "Driving My Tractor" (animals, food, plants ...).
Materials:
Codey Rocky
Tractor and toys related to the animal farm that appears at the story.
Tablet with MakeBlock app.
How to do it:
You must place the tractor with two lego pieces on the back of the Codey Rocky so you can drive it. The animals should be also distributed around the class so that they can be placed on the tractor when it comes to their turn.
Implementation:
This activity consists on coding the Codey Rocky to explain the Driving My Tractor story collectively together with the students and the teacher.
Variation:
Instead of using the MakeBlock app, we can code the Codey Rocky older students and then bring it to the youngest classes to play with it. It is an activity that they love and empowers them to see that they are creating things with which other students can play with.
Pete The Cat
This activity consists on coding the Codey Rocky to explain the Pete The Cat story collectively.
Age: 4-6 years old.
Description: This activity can be done using any of the topics related to the story "Pete The Cat" (food, colours, feelings...). We have chosen that they will be able to retell the story through Codey Rocky using its colour detector.
Materials:
Codey Rocky
Colour cards
Tablet with the mBlock app
How to do it:
It would be necessary to create the coding before starting. We created it with the help of the Y4 students (9-10 years old) to be used by the Pre-K students.
When the programming is already done, we need to place the color cards one after the other to explain the story.
Implementation:
This activity consists on coding the Codey Rocky to explain the Pete The Cat story collectively together with the students and the teacher.