Physical Computing with a Sphero

The Digital Leaders have moved onto testing the school's new Physical Computing technology.  We had a good go at using the Makey Makeys last year, so this year we are focusing on the Sphero and the BBC Microbit (more on that in a few weeks).

The children started learning how to control the Sphero by connecting to it using an iPad and Bluetooth. At first, we controlled it directly using a control pad.  Soon after that, we moved on to using code blocks to program our controls.

Here is a taste of the initial results: