[aisle] Coding Robot options

[Tonya Tjarks]

We have Ozobots and our students love them. I charge them overnight and
they usually last most of the next day. We also have Spheros, which are
fun, but there is a lot more frontloading that I have to do with using them
to get the students to do anything with them other than drive them around
and crash into things. We have Code and Go Mice which are good for K-2 to
get them to understand programming. And I've also borrowed Finch robots on
a lending program from Bird Brain Technology, but that was pre-pandemic.
Those were awesome and I think the students learned the most about how to
code with those.

Tonya Tjarks
Library Media Specialist
Melzer Elementary

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 8:30 AM Cheryl Steber via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We also have Sphero balls. These are more for the upper grade levels like
> 4+5. My students love the Ozobots.
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 08:26 Stephanie Stieglitz via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> The librarians in my district have been unhappy with our evobots /
>> ozobots. We like the way you have different ways to program them, but the
>> batteries are awful. After a full charge, they don't last for one class,
>> much less an afternoon of classes.
>>
>> Stephanie
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>> Stephanie Stieglitz
>> Teacher-Librarian, The Lane
>> 500 N. Elm St.
>> Hinsdale, IL 60521
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>> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 8:22 AM Renee Brown via AISLE <
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>>> I'm looking to add some Ozobots to our library. Has anyone had
>>> experience with them? What do you use for a coding robot in K-5?
>>>
>>>
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