ECIS Tech: Putting Cool Technology in the Hands of Students

A follow-up of a previous presentation with a bit more information on how we are using various robotics platforms and what we've changed.

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2. PUTTING COOL TECHNOLOGY IN THE HANDS OF STUDENTS Dan Reedy LEYSIN AMERICAN SCHOOL
3. PUTTING COOL TECHNOLOGY IN THE HANDS and Minds OF STUDENTS
4. WE STARTED WITH A "Simple" QUESTION
5. What would happen if you put cool technology in the hands of students...
6. ...AND WAIT?
7. THEY LEARN!
8. WELL, SOME OF THEM DO
10. WHY DID WE CHOOSE SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES?
11. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
12. WHAT COULD GO BETTER?
13. WHAT WILL WE CHANGE?
15. ONE STUDENT'S INTEREST IN HOUR OF CODE WAS THE CATALYST.
16. LEARN.CODE.ORG
17. VISUAL PROGRAMMING DRAG AND DROP CODE BLOCKS TO BUILD PROGRAMS
18. WEB BASED TECHNOLOGIES ▸ HTML ▸ CSS ▸ JavaScript ▸ various other technologies
20. CODECADEMY.COM
22. KHANACADEMY.ORG
24. BLOC.IO/RUBY-WARRIOR/
26. TEAMTREEHOUSE.COM
27. We ❤ Treehouse
28. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS STUFF?
29. Tangible & Exciting
30. JAVASCRIPT WAS Crucial
31. IN CONTROLLING ROBOTS
33. var Cylon = require('cylon'); Cylon.robot({ connections: { sphero: { adaptor: 'sphero', port: '/dev/rfcomm0' } }, devices: { sphero: { driver: 'sphero' } }, work: function(my) { every((1).second(), function() { my.sphero.roll(60, Math.floor(Math.random() * 360)); }); }); }).start(); // Source: http://cylonjs.com/documentation/platforms/sphero
35. var Cylon = require('cylon'); Cylon.robot({ connections: { ardrone: { adaptor: 'ardrone', port: '192.168.1.1' } }, devices: { drone: { driver: 'ardrone' } }, work: function(my) { my.drone.takeoff(); after((10).seconds(), function() { my.drone.land(); }); after((15).seconds(), function() { my.drone.stop(); }); } }).start(); // Source: http://cylonjs.com/documentation/platforms/ardrone/
37. var Cylon = require('cylon'); Cylon.robot({ connections: { leapmotion: { adaptor: 'leapmotion' } }, devices: { leapmotion: { driver: 'leapmotion' } }, work: function(my) { my.leapmotion.on('hand', function(payload) { Logger.info(payload.toString()); }); } }).start(); // Source: http://cylonjs.com/documentation/platforms/leapmotion
39. --- ...Skipping Some Setup Code... function onPoseEdge(pose, edge) if edge == "on" then if (pose == "waveIn" or pose == "waveOut") then post = conditionallySwapWave(pose) if pose == "waveIn" then previousSlide() end if pose == "waveOut" then nextSlide() end end if pose == "doubleTap" then myo.lock() end if pose == "fingersSpread" playSlideshow() end end end
40. ROBOTICS PLATFORMS
43. OTHER Cool TECHNOLOGY
46. SONIC-PI.NET
49. A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THE HOTSPOT
51. BEFORE
53. AFTER
54. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
55. TREEHOUSE
57. IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK
59. INSPIRATION TO OTHERS
61. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
62. WHAT COULD GO BETTER?
63. "What should I do?"
64. LACK OF FOCUS
65. SHARING PROGRESS
66. WHAT WILL WE CHANGE?
67. INTRODUCE CHALLENGES
68. HAND-PICKED EXERCISES
70. ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT
71. JOIN THE COMMUNITY
73. Keep in Touch
76. COME SKI
77. HTTP://SPEAKERDECK.COM/REEDY
78. DAN REEDY DREEDY@LAS.CH
79. Thank You!