Making a difference in the world around us can seem a little daunting but there are lots of easy, individual and local things we can do to help. Using the accelerometer on the BBC micro:bit, we will code a random sustainability activity picker to inspire us all to make a difference and to have fun doing it.
This session is suitable for learners first – 4th level.
This session is based on the activity picker project – https://microbit.org/projects/make-it-code-it/activity-picker/
Are your students interested in technology and how it can help us protect our planet? Could they see themselves working in a green career in the future? Join us on Tuesday 16th March at 2pm, when Tech She Can Learning Design and Development Officer (and experienced primary school teacher), Poppy Patel, will deliver a live virtual 30-minute Tech We Can assembly for children aged 8 – 11. Poppy will highlight the role technology plays in helping us to protect our planet and fight climate change – and also show some of the green careers within tech that students could pursue in the future.
Live Code Along with Barefoot Computing to create a Planet Pledge using Scratch for first – 4th level learners.
Join Barefoot Computing for this Live Code Along using Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu/. Learners from First to Fourth level will be guided through this sustainability themed session and will create their own Planet Pledge using blocks of code.
It is recommended that learners have an understanding of how to move the blocks within Scratch and their different functions.
Join Mitch Resnick, LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, as he explores and shares how he develops new technologies to engage educators and learners in creative experiences.
His Lifelong Kindergarten research group developed the Scratch programming software and online community , used by millions of young people around the world. The group has also collaborated with the LEGO Company on the development of new educational ideas and products, including the LEGO robotics kits.
There will be an opportunity to ask Mitch questions at the end of his talk and learners across Scotland will be invited to take part in a national Scratch sustainability challenge. Projects developed will be showcased globally on the Scratch website!
This live assembly will be relevant for learners in the upper first level – senior phase.
