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1a - Programming

Monday

​Introduction - 30 minutes
Who are you? We'll circle up for a little bit and have some discussions.

Classroom Management - 30 minutes
  • Google Classroom
  • Student Agreement
  • Ehall Pass
Avatar Designs - 30 minutes
  • Visit ​https://www.minecraftskins.com/skin-editor/ and design your own Minecraft Avatar. 
  • Download your PNG file and upload to Google Classroom.
Typing - 10 minutes
Check out the typing sites listed in Google Classroom. Try them out.

Tuesday 

Circle Up - 10 minutes
What are you excited for in this class? What makes you nervous? 

Lego Builds - 30 minutes
Can you write and follow instructions? With a partner, you are going to use 8 lego pieces and design something.
  • Write down instructions on how to design your item.
  • Take a picture of your item and your instructions and upload them to Google Classroom.
  • Rotate to another group when instructed and try to put their design together.
Keep Talking Game - 60 minutes
Can you follow instructions from someone else? Let's play a game and see. 

Wednesday

Circle Up - 10 minutes

Introduction to Edison Robots - 20 minutes 
  • Go to https://www.edpyapp.com/#login and create an account. 
  • Select EDISON V2.0 when prompted
  • We'll go over a brief introduction together for the lesson.
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1.1 Meet Edison - 5 minutes
​Edison is a small programmable robot. Edison uses sensors and motors to interact with the world. You can also use Edison with LEGO bricks to build all kinds of things. 
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1.2 Barcode Programming - 15 minutes
​​Edison comes with pre-loaded programs which are activated by driving over special barcodes.

DOWNLOAD the file below. OPEN IN SYSTEM VIEWER. Do not just open it up in Chrome. It WILL NOT SAVE YOUR WORK. Upload worksheet to Google Classroom.
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1.3 Meet the EdPy app - 15 minutes
In this activity, you will get to know the EdPy app, the software we will use to program the Edison robot.

​DOWNLOAD the file below. OPEN IN SYSTEM VIEWER. Do not just open it up in Chrome. It WILL NOT SAVE YOUR WORK. Upload worksheet to Google Classroom.
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1.4 Downloading a test program - 15 minutes
Open the program called ‘Test_Program’ from the ‘Examples’ window in EdPy.

DOWNLOAD the file below. OPEN IN SYSTEM VIEWER. Do not just open it up in Chrome. It WILL NOT SAVE YOUR WORK. Upload worksheet to Google Classroom.
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