Our regular Lego Robotics teachers weren’t able to teach their summer school class yesterday so they asked me to come in. I had to laugh when Mrs. Ross called because I had just finished some frustrating work in a Creative Computing online class I’m taking to learn more about MIT’s Scratch program. You would think as a technology specialist, that I would have a better understanding of programming (I don’t at the moment but am working on it!). But Amy assured me that I would have no trouble with the program since everything was pictured. So, I took on the challenge.

The students were to build the Robogator.

There were LOTS of steps and unfortunately not everyone finished. One group did, though – by splitting up with a couple working on the construction and others doing the programming.

All were thrilled when the Robogater actually worked. They ran out of time to figure out why the mouth wouldn’t move but they were excited regardless.

I was pleased to learn from the students and to discover that I was able to help do some problem-solving along with the class.

While the students created, I took photos and videos. Here’s a quick video made in iMovie: