SPRK Education Program

The possibilities resulting from using a SPRK Sphero robot for programming, robotics, and maths are outlined. The video is promotional in flavour but is useful in outlining possible pedagogical benefits. Suggest combining Sphero with the free app programming Tickle.

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Year band(s)	F-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10
Content type	Professional learning
Format	Video
Core and overarching concepts	Implementation (programming)
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	ACTDIP011 Implement simple digital solutions as visual programs with algorithms involving branching (decisions) and user input ACTDIP020 Implement digital solutions as simple visual programs involving branching, iteration (repetition), and user input ACTDIP018 Design a user interface for a digital system ACTDIP019 Design, modify and follow simple algorithms involving sequences of steps, branching, and iteration (repetition) ACTDIP022 Plan, create and communicate ideas and information, including collaboratively online, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols ACTDIP028 Design the user experience of a digital system, generating, evaluating and communicating alternative designs ACTDIP029 Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors ACTDIP030 Implement and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions in a general-purpose programming language
Technologies & Programming Languages	Robotics and drones
Keywords	Programming, Robotics, Coding
Organisation	Sphero
Copyright	Sphero. May be subject to Copyright Act statutory licence.