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Dot & Dash - Programming Robots in Lower Elementary

Last summer I was prepping for a summer camp with a programming focus and wasn't finding everything that I needed through websites. What parent wants to pay for their kids to come to camp for 4 hours a day for them to sit in front of a computer the entire time. Even I get restless staring at my computer for that long! I knew that I wanted to keep that programming and coding focus while getting students out of their seats and moving around.


Now there are SO many robot choices out there, but I was looking for ones that would run on software that was easily accessible, work on tablets or computers that we already had, and that were reasonably priced.

We settled on these and do not regret it.

There are apps that we installed on our class devices that are super easy to use. I had first graders using them within minutes of handing the devices over. We used the Go app to start to figure out the robots, and then built from there. The Go app basically just lets the students drive Dash, and then program sound, color, and movement for both Dot & Dash. This was an easy place to start and it really got the kids excited about using the robots.


If you want to know more about what we did with the robots in grade levels K-4, just shoot me a note in the comments and I can share more with you.

Here's To Programming Fun, 
Hilary 

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