11th Annual Innovation Institute

Why is connecting to the curriculum important in teaching computational thinking and robotics? During this session, attendees will receive templates and charts to create hands-on lessons for elementary school students. Samples will include Intelino Smart Train, Pixel Art Sponge Cubes, Pixel Art Magnet Cubes, Sphero Indi, and more at our interactive testing table. Attendees will leave with the feeling that there are “doable” creative coding projects available at the elementary level. During this session, participants will receive a one-on-one consultation with experts on tool choices, time to play with various devices, and interact collaboratively with other educators. Participants will discuss learning goals for robotics at the elementary classroom level and be able to leave with takeaways they can use immediately when they get back to school.

Are you curious about some great ways to use unplugged crafts to teach computer science? This session introduces the basics of physical computing through inputs and outputs. During the session, participants will build paper robots, construct paper computers, and handicraft inputs/outputs to understand the interior of computers. We will share lesson progression and resources needed for craft computing.