{"id":1176,"date":"2021-06-11T15:26:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/computingscience\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:46:42","slug":"first-lego-league-junior-playmakers-dalmilling-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/computingscience\/2021\/06\/11\/first-lego-league-junior-playmakers-dalmilling-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST LEGO LEAGUE JUNIOR: PLAYMAKERS, DALMILLING PRIMARY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Cairns is a class teacher at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dalmillingps\">Dalmilling Primary School<\/a> in South Ayrshire. She has been using the <a href=\"https:\/\/education.theiet.org\/first-lego-league-programmes\/\">First Lego League: Playmakers<\/a> project to develop her learners&#8217; understanding of coding, problem solving and design solutions. Elizabeth started by attending a webinar with the <a href=\"https:\/\/education.theiet.org\/\">Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)<\/a> where she learned about the project, resources and advice on delivering the learning. The First Lego League is fully resourced with learning materials, guidance and instructions on the<a href=\"https:\/\/education.theiet.org\/first-lego-league-programmes\/\"> IET Lego Education site <\/a>and the Lego WeDo 2.0 kit was purchased by the school. Using the Lego WeDo project is a great way to engage learners as the challenge has a context, relates to a real world problem and the Lego makes it hands-on with concrete materials.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px\"><strong> <a title=\"First Lego League - Dalmilling Primary\" href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/GeorgeMilliken2\/first-lego-league-dalmilling-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First Lego League &#8211; Dalmilling Primary<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/GeorgeMilliken2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GeorgeMilliken2<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem\">Elizabeth noted that all of her class engaged with the project, especially those who don&#8217;t always engage with technologies or computing lessons. Research shows that girls, especially, engage better with technology when the learning is contextual, collaborative and based on relationships -which match the six core values of the First <\/span>Lego<span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem\">\u00a0<\/span>League<span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem\">: <\/span>inclusion, discovery, teamwork, innovation, fun and impact. Elizabeth felt that this learning was enjoyed by almost all of the learners and that they developed many skills, including coding, teamwork and problem solving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Cairns is a class teacher at Dalmilling Primary School in South Ayrshire. She has been using the First Lego League: Playmakers project to develop her learners&#8217; understanding of coding, problem solving and design solutions. 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