Finishing Robots!

NPHS students are finishing up with their robot programming.  We are learning to use the buzzers to program our robots to play music, then we will wrap up the section by creating a Pong video game and will program the robots to be used as motion controls for the game.  This class has been doing a great job, and I couldn't be more pleased with a group of students!  They are learning a lot and looking to be great programmers!

Computer Science and Development Cycle

Programming has gotten off to a great start!  Students researched and gave presentations about careers in computer science.  We then started learning concepts of programming.  We did some unplugged computer science activities and reviewed about binary code.  Next week, we will be learning about the ability to write directions, and the software development cycle that we will be using with our programs in school.  Once we finish this, we will start learning some basic programming with snap and the finch robots.  We will program our robots in a variety of ways this week.  This has been a great class, and they all have shown to have great creative ideas, and I'm very excited for this term for programming!