28/05/2018 - Courses for Teachers
9-11 July in Genoa Summer School on robotics
Reading time: 1 minuteDUE TO HIGH DEMAND HERE’S A NEW SDR SUMMER SCHOOL DEDICATED TO THE DIDACTIC USE OF CREATIVE ROBOTICS. ARE YOU FOND OF SCULPTURES, MAKEYMAKEY, MARKERS AND CREATIVITY? THAN YOU WILL LIKE IT!
We’re always hearing about tinkering and creative robotics in schools, for years our Elena Parodi has been developing corse and lessons which can put creativity, team work, p2p learning and craftmanship in a spotlight.
This summer school is dedicated to understanding along with the participants how to develop this skills and abilities.
The activities planned will be actually done and for each workshop there will be a final summary and transposition to school.
Objectives:
Developing lessons dedicated to tinkering and educational low-cost robotics
Developing the ability to work as a team and build relationships between colleagues
Developing of the STEM subjects, storytelling, and first steps in the roboics field
Focus on the storytelling enhanced by the new robotic medias
Where: Scuola di Robotica, Via Brenta 38 Genova
When: 9-10-11 July
Day 1
9.00-10.00 Greetings
10.00-11.00: Tinkering as an opportunity for interdisciplinary didactics
11.00-11.15: Coffee Break
11.15-12.15: The importance of the story and the materials
12.15-13.00: Splitting of the groups and chhosing of the stories
13.00-14.00: Lunch time
14.00-16.00: Building of the protagonist with recycled and RAEE materials , focus on developing the character and ID card
16.00-16-15: Coffee Break
16.15-17.00: Show and tell of the workshops did by the participants
Day 2
9-10: Materials, soft circuits and Makey Makey in the scientific field
10-11: Soft circuits – technics, instruments and materials
11.00-11.15: Coffee Break
11-15-13.00: History of soft circuits and recycled materials
13.00-14.00: Lunch time
14-15: Scratch for Makey Makey – how to work with Scratch as engine for Makey Makey
15-17: Let’s animate our story with Makey Makey, Lego story starter and our previously made soft circuits
Day 3
9-10: Scribbling Machines and Bristle Bots – an activity between science and arts discovering the movement
10-11: Interpretation of the story made with Scribbling Machines
11.00-11.15: Coffee Break
11.15-12.00: Interpretation of the story made with Bristle Bots
12.00-13.00: Introduction to Automatas as instruments to storytell
13.00-14.00: Lunch time
14.00 – 16.00: Interpretation of the story made with Automatas
16.00 – 17.00: End of the course and final speech