WeDo 2.0 Core Lego Sets

 Glowing Snail

Today, I discovered the WeDo 2.0 Lego kits. I used one of these kits to create a bot named the "Glowing Snail!"

Before building anything, I took out the instruction manual to make sure that I have all the pieces and information that I need to continue. 


Now, you're ready to pick a design that you want to create! For an option of different bot designs visit, here to find the link to your instructions. These slides will take you step by step, showing which Lego shape and quantity to add to your bot. 


Once you're done building your bot, you'll want to download the WeDo 2.0 software in order to connect to your creation. The app will bring you to the home screen, where you'll want to hit create "Your first project." 


This will take you through the instructions of building your bot again and then to a connection page. For your bot to connect to the app, you'll want to hold down the small clear button on your bot which will flash blue. Once the light turns solid blue, your bot is connected and you're now ready to code.
                                                                             
 You will be instructed to select a specific sequence of 
 cards which will in turn make your bot come to life. 





For further reading...
The ISTE complying standards include:
2a. Nurture a confident, competent and positive identity around computing for every student.
1c. Leverage CT and CS experts, resources and professional learning networks to continuously improve practice integrating CT across content areas.
5b. Empower students to select personally meaningful computational projects.
1a. Set professional learning goals to explore and apply teaching strategies for integrating CT practices into learning activities in ways that enhance student learning of both the academic discipline and CS concepts.
1d. Develop resilience and perseverance when approaching CS and CT learning experiences, build comfort with ambiguity and open-ended problems, and see failure as an opportunity to learn and innovate.
5a. Evaluate and use CS and CT curricula, resources and tools that account for learner variability to meet the needs of all students
5c. Use a variety of instructional approaches to help students frame problems in ways that can be represented as computational steps or algorithms to be performed by a computer.

All content and images were pulled from education.lego.com or created in class and overseen by Dr. Susan Elwood. 

Comments

  1. IDET 4300 Caitlyn’s BlogNovember 8, 2021 at 12:52 PM

    Hello,

    This is a very instructional lab. It seemed very student oriented and easy to follow along. The different coloration in text really helps show what is next. The pictures and links are a great tool for students and educators to use. The only recommendation I have is to add a video or YouTube link of your WeDo 2.0 bot moving to show how it works. Great job!

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  2. Aleksandra JohnsonNovember 8, 2021 at 1:23 PM

    Great job with the organization of this post. I personally enjoyed seeing an image of the finished product because it gave me a glimpse of something different. Also, the included ISTE standards look good. The only thing I would add is a video of the snail in action if you have one, so people can recognize that their is action.

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