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
   

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3. PUTTING COOL TECHNOLOGY
   IN THE HANDS and Minds OF
   STUDENTS
   

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4. WE STARTED WITH
   A "Simple" QUESTION
   

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5. What would happen if you
   put cool technology in the
   hands of students...
   

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6. ...AND WAIT?
   

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7. THEY LEARN!
   

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8. WELL, SOME OF
   THEM DO
   

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10. WHY DID WE CHOOSE
    SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES?
    

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11. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
    

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12. WHAT COULD GO BETTER?
    

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13. WHAT WILL WE CHANGE?
    

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15. ONE STUDENT'S INTEREST IN
    HOUR OF CODE WAS THE
    CATALYST.
    

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16. LEARN.CODE.ORG
    

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17. VISUAL
    PROGRAMMING
    DRAG AND DROP CODE
    BLOCKS TO BUILD
    PROGRAMS
    

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18. WEB BASED TECHNOLOGIES
    ▸ HTML
    ▸ CSS
    ▸ JavaScript
    ▸ various other technologies
    

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20. CODECADEMY.COM
    

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22. KHANACADEMY.ORG
    

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24. BLOC.IO/RUBY-WARRIOR/
    

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26. TEAMTREEHOUSE.COM
    

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27. We ❤
    Treehouse
    

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28. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS
    STUFF?
    

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29. Tangible &
    Exciting
    

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30. JAVASCRIPT WAS
    Crucial
    

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31. IN CONTROLLING
    ROBOTS
    

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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
    

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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/
    

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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
    

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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
    

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40. ROBOTICS PLATFORMS
    

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43. OTHER Cool TECHNOLOGY
    

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46. SONIC-PI.NET
    

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49. A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT
    THE HOTSPOT
    

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51. BEFORE
    

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53. AFTER
    

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54. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
    

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55. TREEHOUSE
    

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57. IMMEDIATE
    FEEDBACK
    

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59. INSPIRATION TO
    OTHERS
    

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61. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
    

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62. WHAT COULD GO BETTER?
    

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63. "What should I do?"
    

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64. LACK OF FOCUS
    

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65. SHARING
    PROGRESS
    

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66. WHAT WILL WE CHANGE?
    

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67. INTRODUCE
    CHALLENGES
    

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68. HAND-PICKED
    EXERCISES
    

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70. ENCOURAGE
    INVOLVEMENT
    

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71. JOIN THE
    COMMUNITY
    

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73. Keep in Touch
    

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76. COME SKI
    

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77. HTTP://SPEAKERDECK.COM/REEDY
    

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78. DAN REEDY
    DREEDY@LAS.CH
    

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79. Thank You!
    

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