{"id":13004,"date":"2023-02-13T11:12:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T11:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=13004"},"modified":"2023-02-13T12:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T12:22:26","slug":"sphero-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=13004","title":{"rendered":"Sphero Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs Hall from DG STEM team joined us today for a Sphero workshop.\u00a0 Sphero is a programmable robotic coding toy that allows children to explore coding using direction and angles.\u00a0 The device is capable of rolling around under the control of a smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n<p>The children connected their Sphero to their IPad using a bluetooth connection.\u00a0 We then used the controls to select a different colour for each Sphero L.E.D. display to allow us to differentiate each group&#8217;s devices.\u00a0 We then learned about the speed, steering wheel and aim controls.<\/p>\n<p>The class took turns on steering their Sphero robots through &#8216;bridges&#8217; (our legs).\u00a0 Computational thinking was required to consider direction, angle and speed to achieve a score point.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13004 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?attachment_id=13009'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2023\/02\/13121208\/325898566_921174105884443_6663895541245134478_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?attachment_id=13015'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2023\/02\/13121226\/326798999_1192666844785050_1730498181037186019_n-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We then moved on to more complex challenges of controlling Sphero to approach a wall as close as possible without contact.\u00a0 We got as close as a gap just the width of a sheet of paper.<\/p>\n<p>Our next challenge was to traverse a square pattern using angles and direction, moving on to include changing colour coding blocks.\u00a0 Through debugging, we found that including a delay at each corner point created a smoother transition and avoided &#8216;roll on&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-13004 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?attachment_id=13017'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2023\/02\/13121231\/327203635_998359811125763_1997034926226821975_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?attachment_id=13022'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2023\/02\/13121555\/329819540_5787158131399794_7302537404055400950_n.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/portpatrickprimary\/uploads\/sites\/4131\/2023\/02\/13121555\/329819540_5787158131399794_7302537404055400950_n.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>It was a really fabulous session with lots of purposeful discussion and learning.\u00a0 Thank you to Mrs Hall for leading the workshop!<\/p>\n<p># Successful Learners<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs Hall from DG STEM team joined us today for a Sphero workshop.\u00a0 Sphero is a programmable robotic coding toy that allows children to explore coding using direction and angles.\u00a0 The device is capable of rolling around under the control of a smartphone or tablet. The children connected their Sphero to their IPad using a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=13004\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sphero Programming&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11913,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13004"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13023,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13004\/revisions\/13023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}