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 Reflection at Metro E : Going to Metro Elementary School was a gratifying and educational experience for me. One of the highlights was our exposure to cutting-edge technology that made learning an absolute blast. Tellodrone, for instance, opened up a world of possibilities by introducing us to the exciting field of drone technology. We had the chance to explore the skies and learn about the principles of flight firsthand. Additionally, working with DroneBlocks allowed us to program these drones, enhancing our problem-solving skills and creativity. Another fantastic educational tool we had the privilege to use was the WeDo 2.0 Lego Education set. This ingenious kit enabled us to build and program our robots, offering hands-on experience in engineering and coding. Metro Elementary School embraced the fusion of fun and education, making each day a thrilling adventure of discovery and innovation. Technical Difficulties One potential issue with Tellodrones was technical glitches. Drone...

Activity for MetroE TelloDrone  Materials Needed: Drone Number cards (1 to 7) Lopen outdoor space (like a schoolyard or playground) Safety cones or markers/paper A tablet or smartphone with the drone control app Activity Steps: Introduction (10 minutes): Gather the children in a circle and introduce the concept of the activity. Explain that they will learn about numbers from 1 to 7 while a drone flies over them. Discuss the safety rules, such as staying away from the drone and listening to instructions. Number Recognition Game (15 minutes): Show the children the number cards from 1 to 7. Have them practice recognizing and saying each number out loud as a group. You can make this interactive by asking them to take turns holding up the cards and identifying the numbers. Drone Demonstration (10 minutes): Provide a brief overview of the drone's features, emphasizing safety and how to use the drone control app. Demonstrate how the drone can fly up and down and move forward and backward....

 DroneBlocks   This week, I worked with Drone Blocks, a drone simulator that allows us students to practice our coding skills in the real world by sending our code from a tablet computer or phone to the actual drone. This course introduces essential programming principles and showcases autonomous flight using the Tello drone and DroneB locks. This course will teach me basic block programming and allow me to gain insight into the Tello drone's capabilities.  Notes: Intro Tello -DroneBlocks is the range of blocks that control Tello's flight behavior, -The different program or mission starts by adding the "takeoff" block, "yaw right" or "yaw left," and land. -Tello will climb to an altitude of 4-5 feet -Tello uses sensors and fight control logic to determine altitude and distance. -"Show Misson Code" allows students to see the JavaScript code directly without having to use the blocks -Loops allow students to repeat a sequence of instructions...

WeDo 2.0: Make a Sound Machine First: Choosing We chose "Make a Sound Machine," aka ICE-CUBE. Coding ICE CUBE, we will teach it how to make music and move. Soon, this will have students explore programming variables that make soft sounds, loud sounds, environmental sounds, rhythms, and melodies. Students can even combine projects to make a band as well.  ISTE: 5b) Empower Students to select personally meaningful computational projects.   5.1 b)Learn to recognize where and how computation can be used to enrich data or content to solve discipline-specific problems and be able to connect these opportunities to foundational CT practices and CS concepts.  5.5 c) Use a variety of instructional approaches to help students frame problems in ways that can be represented as computational steps or algorithms to be performed by a computer.   For more info: https://education.lego.com/en-us/lessons/maker-elementary/make-a-sound-machine/ - Ask students what they think of when hear ...