Lance Matus invited the members of the Leadership Team into his classroom last Wednesday so that we could see his class exploring the Dash Robot. Lance told us that he prepped the class by going over the set up info from my previous blog post and then he turned them loose to explore the possibilities in small groups.

After they had explored for awhile, Lance gathered them in a circle to have them share what their group had learned about Dash. Here are some examples. 

We learned...
1. ...how to change the color of the light. 
2. ...how to change the speed. 
3. ...how to record our voices. 
4. ...how to move its head. 
5. ...that there are two ways to move it: tilt the iPad or use the controls. 
6. ...how to make animal noises. 
7. ...how to program it. 

Later in the week, I heard a rumor that Lance had invited Kinder students into his class and had had his students teach the younger Mustangs how to use the robots. 

Thanks for sharing this event with us, Mr. Matus! It was a blast!

What a week it has been! This campus hit the ground running on Monday and never really slowed down. Here is a snippet of what went on at EE this week. Click on an image to enlarge it for easier reading. 

Dash Robots were added to STEAM materials on each campus right after the holidays so at our first Faculty meeting of the year, we demoed them to staff. It was not a highly successful demo, but we did learn something important and that is that too many robots in one room make for a good deal of chaos and lots of non-functioning robots. However, we did generate some excitement amongst the staff about the robots and their usage is slowly, but surely spreading across the campus. 

Some things to remember:
1. Each student will need to download the Wonder App in order to interact with the Robot. 
2. There are some great resources on the Dash and Dot website: https://teachers.makewonder.com/lessons​

See below for some tips on getting started with the Robots.