A network cable that was precariously strung between trees - tin can telephone style! - has now been replaced with an underground cable.Hopefully schools in Swindon can now enjoy uninterrupted camera feeds of the squirrels and other animals!
https://youtu.be/lXlbkDVjQ50 RaceHub is the new robotics project that I have been working on for some time now. It is a sister project to Robotics Link. Together they will form the RaceNode Network.RaceHub will come first: individual young people being provided with a robot to build, and to keep, with which they can join in to a supportive network and even enter into robot racing…
Thank you to everyone at Crowdys today for listening so attentively to our ChoiceBox and Secrets of Driftwood Islands update!The eagerness of pupils to volunteer to take a turn at navigating the islands and the questions about how to become involved / download the game were super encouraging! We will publish the next working draft on the Digital Writes AoC page and on the Flickernet…
https://youtu.be/CzkMEW-O1fAhttps://youtube.com/shorts/2zxKFYrmU6c?feature=share The Sora AI video creation app offered remarkable creative possibilities. I am currently exploring a method of combining physical computing triggers with alternative AI video creation tools such as Runway and Pika.
https://youtu.be/vI5zpmUtpmE We were delighted to welcome Phoebe and Andrew from Youth Music to our Marvellous Musical Machine session at Ridgeway ASC today. For further information about what the second cohort have been achieving please see: www.flickernet.net/mmm2
Sincere thanks to Pete, Matt and all the team at Digit<all> for awarding me these badges. It is always a pleasure to work with the charity - the number of schools that you are reaching nationwide is great to see. Looking forward to creating some new resources around robotics for you ere long.!
https://youtu.be/GSGv8L2K0ew The Year 11 SoS pupils have taught me so much over the last three terms - in particular they have reminded me that all learning starts with engagement. It seems clear to me that when a young person is engaged with what you are offering them, then are they ready to learn. Robotics and project-based learning feels like a natural fit - these children respond…
Partly as a practice race for the upcoming Robotics Link project, but mainly so that pupils could have an event to film for their Video Editing Computing unit (and also for fun!) - we held a robot race today.Pre and post-race interviews were filmed from multiple camera angles so that they can be cut with action footage of the race action. It was encouraging to…
The creative super-powers of Class 9C at Crowdy's have led to the creation of two new islands for the growing Secrets of Driftwood Islands world.Jungle Island involved maths skills in choosing the angle of their plant stems (having used their art skills to draw the leaves) followed by english skills in telling the story of Chloe the cat who left Cat Island to visit…
Each week when I visit Bishopstone Primary School (the smallest, most perfectly formed village school with whom I have been friends for a very long time) - they are eager to bring technology into our studies in ever more imaginative ways.Inspired by this, I have created Quiz Machines, which allow quick assessment of any subject, using off-the-shelf equipment. The four options that each pupil has…
Congratulations to Tammy, Bill, David, Tarcila and all the SoS team for the publication of their book, Everything You Need to Know to Set Up a Therapeutic Alternative Provision: Exploring the School of Solutions now available to order on Amazon.I continue to deliver weekly sessions for the SoS in Swindon.These are usually focused on robotics, sometimes they are sensor based, but always wellbeing assessment led: these…
We are delighted to be working with The Ridgeway School Special Resourced Provision Unit each week, as they become the second school to create a Marvellous Musical Machine.Keith and I are looking forward to seeing where these pupils take the project, in light of their great ideas and enormous enthusiasm!This week we focused on introducing core coding skills with MicroBit extensions such as the…
Please click here to view the virtual world that Class 9G of Crowdy's have spent the last two terms building. As we prepare to begin the building of two new islands for this world with Class 9C, we are reminded of what a privilege it is to witness young people applying themselves to a unique task such as this, especially given the step that they…
This video clip shows the insects drawn by each of the pupils of Class 9G, coming to life on their Mushroom Meadows Island,using Unity- as part of the Driftwood Islands archipelago! https://youtu.be/WV-hAirzN4o