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Transcript of Engineering Creativity in Brooklyn Schools
Joe StancoGaelen Hadlett
Background
Started in Fall ‘08 at PS 230 (Kensington) Expanded in Fall ‘09 to PS 24 (Sunset Park) About a dozen students per class New group of 4th graders each semester Powered by volunteers and faculty
Robotics
Experimentation with sensors Interactive creatures Musical instruments Competitions
Lego Mindstorms
Video Game Design
Program Gaelen to make a sandwich Control and tween sprites Respond to user events Detect collisions and keep score Two player Pong Storyboard and build an original game
MIT Scratch
Techniques
Task cards Lo-fi prototypes Collaborative problem solving Hands-on experimentation
Design for balloon popping robot
Bot menagerie
Robots get hungry too
Bell and triangle instruments
Xylobot
Soldering the bristlebot
Wearable technology