Craft, coding, and creativity

 http://professorgarystager.com/

Mathland - every one is a mathematician. No one goes to a kid in France and says you can't speak French.

Resources at https://inventtolearn.com/questions/

Make a video arcade machine in Hub - runs from Rasperry Pi. Only games that students have coded.

"making without computation is just arts and crafts"

Wolfram Alpha in Maths and Science

No one accuses people wearing glasses as cheaters (they are prosthetics)

https://www.playfulinvention.com/webturtleart/

1) Code your first initial

2) Code your first and second

3) Create a programme that runs both

Next Challenge

Code a target shape

Next Challenge

Code a poka dot wall.

Saving file as .png embedds the code in the file.

Islamic tiles

Symmetry design to Tinkercad (import .svg file) to 3D print to stamp in clay to painted tiles (Digital to Analog). Use vinyl cutter.

http://dailypapert.com/logo/

http://beetleblocks.com/ - turtle coding in 3d to send to printer

Robotics = STEM/STEAM

Micro-bits

Every kid get's a micro bit

https://microblocks.fun/ - code directly to microbit

Get 3m usb cable 

https://www.artofdigitalfabrication.com/

Trap logger 

Microbit on trap - when loop closes (PIN blocks - wires on pin 0 and other one on 3V, when they connect, completes a circuit and has a value of 1), then send radio signals

Generative design vs iterative design

Prompt - 

• an amusement park for birds
• start a robot to finish closest to a finish line (only 3 attempts to test on the track)

Building a better prompts

1. Brevity
2. Ambiguity
3. Immunity to assessment

Maker startup: brainsotmr on paper what things you wnat to make. People join you if they wnat to work on that idea.

https://scribehow.com/scribe-ai - for making tutorial videos

https://www.descript.com/ - transcript on the fly, fixes audio/video on the fly (umms and ahh). Must use with kids.

https://constructingmodernknowledge.com/wunderkammer/

Recommended Micro bit extensions

• Hummingbird - easy to connect heaps of senors motors https://www.birdbraintechnologies.com/products/hummingbird-bit-robotics-kit/
• Servor motors that are lego compatiable
• LEDs and motors that connect with alligator clips to easily connect to control board
• 1 cm LEDs for Science Electricity unit (move into coding with micro bit)
• Meowbit - code to mini arcade machine with Make Code Arcade
• Use USB power banks to power microbits (batter pack is fiddly to plug in)

Stager Rubric

Therefore, I am trying a new experiment this term. You should evaluate each course artifact you create according to the following “rubric.” The progression denotes a range from the least personal growth to the most.

1. I did not participate
2. I phoned-it in
3. I impressed by colleagues
4. I impressed my friends and neighbors
5. I impressed my children
6. I impressed Gary (the teacher)
7. I impressed myself

https://sammat.education/products/microbit-smart-home-kit?variant=37512919187619