Resource: High school students build robotic wheelchair for child. Use in the curriculum Hold a discussion about using technology to help others in need. Discussion prompts: The team who built this robotic wheelchair for this child first learned a lot about building things by entering robot competitions. Do you think Read more…
Just a friendly reminder that the Swift Playgrounds “Day of Action” will be happening today, April 1, 2018 from 2PM to 5PM GMT. Byte is quite the character but he, along with the other Character instances, are coming under increased scrutiny due to their slovenly ways. The character’s obsession with turning Read more…
We are very excited to announce that we have completed our video resources for the Learn to Code series of activities for the Swift Playgrounds Computer Science curriculum from Apple. Link: Swift Playgrounds Videos The videos linked here are an excellent resource for the curriculum. We find that our students who Read more…
Swift Playgrounds for iPad and the Learn to Code curriculum are fantastic at introducing students to almost all of the major components of computer science: abstraction, composition, procedural thinking and computational thinking. There is one aspect of computer science that is missing from this list, however. The Apple curriculum delays Read more…
In Computer Science class this week, we showed in class the video footage of the latest SpaceX Heavy rocket launch from Florida and had a class discussion on the role of technology in human space exploration. (Link: Video of the SpaceX launch on our Inspirations page.) This launch was a Read more…
Our students had a particularly challenging homework assignment this week: Corners of the World in the Learn to Code 2 Collection. We all succeeded in getting Byte to complete the activity, but the code was not the most elegant in many cases. When we convened on Tuesday, we decided to Read more…