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Trying Makey Makey @RRIS
This week at the Digital Helpers lunch club we tried out Makey Makey! We followed all the instructions to put the circuit together with the board and all the clips and leads. It looked rather complicated to start with once we understood what to do it was easy! We tried two different Makey Makey apps … Continue reading
Helpers Lunch Club @RRIS
A new group of helpers enjoyed getting to have a play around with the Spheroes and Ollies!
First Ever Digital Helper Meeting @RRIS
This year the Digital Helpers have their own dedicated meeting and the first one was held this week. We have some exciting Ollies and Spheros which are programmable robots that you can steer! The Digital Helpers worked with a partner and really enjoyed exploring what they could do. They couldn’t wait to go and tell their … Continue reading
Helping in Year 1 @RRIS
This week some of the Digital Leaders visited a Year 1 class to see how they were getting on with the Bee Bots! They were most impressed how much the children knew and took the opportunity to pass on some tips 🙂
Making Music with Incredibox @RRIS
This week the Digital Leaders have been using the program Incredibox to make some groovy music! “It is really easy you just drag the sound you want on top of the man and it starts playing.” “All the sounds are really cool.” “Some of the sounds fit together better than others.” “Our class are really going … Continue reading
Investigating Robot Dancing @RRIS
Who doesn’t love a dancing robot?! This week the digital leaders have been testing out some websites that allow you to programme a robot to dance, Move Mixer and Robo Boogie What was really clever about Robo Boogie was that you were able to change the robots movements and then look at the code to … Continue reading
Unboxing Gifts @RRIS
All the Digital Leaders were very excited to take delivery of some packages and couldn’t wait to find out what was inside! They certainly weren’t disappointed as we received some amazing things for our Beebots – mats, cards, jackets, reader and microscope! We can’t wait to give them all a go after half term. The … Continue reading
Debugging with Blue-Bots @RRIS
This week the Digital Leaders have been supporting children in their own class with using our new Blue-Bots to write and debug algorithms. We used cards to write the algorithm and followed the steps as the Bluebot moved to check for bugs. We then programmed the Blue-Bots again when we found a bug. Some children managed … Continue reading
Blue-Bots Arrive! @RRIS
There was much excitement today as a big box arrived for the Digital Leaders! What could it be? A fantastic set of 6 Blue-Bots and charging dock from our very kind friends at TTS. They saw us on stage at The Bett Show in January using our Bee-Bots and thought they would send us some … Continue reading
Our Presentation @BETT2016
What an amazing day! 22 excited Digital Leaders with their parents and carers travelled to London for the day to take part in a presentation at the ExCel Centre. Lots of people had to get up early to catch the train or start their car journey. Everyone made sure they had some lunch before the … Continue reading
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