Class 4 recently visited the
CLC centre for a fantastic day of
ICT work. We were split into two groups for the two activities of the day. One of the activities was Scratch animation, which allows you to create a 'sprite' which can interact with different objects, backgrounds and so on.
Some of the pupils had very advanced skills and even made their own 'pong' style computer game.
This is Nick, the scratch teacher. He said it would only be a matter of time before the groups discovered how to add sound to their animations (I think he kept quiet about this feature to save himself from a headache!). He was right - both groups quickly figured out they could add sound to their animations, which made the room slightly noisier!
In the picture above, the screen shows the programming software which was used to give commands to the
lego robot. Although we finished up we a free-style 'dance-off' (with Mr
Sturgess in Simon
Cowell mode as judge), the first challenge was to navigate our robots round a course.
I'm sure you can see from the pictures that this was a lot of fun!
It was particularly rewarding and exciting when a group managed to successfully navigate the course. Eventually, most groups managed this task after lots of trial and error, and by making adjustments to the instructions (e.g. direction, time spent etc.). Well done Class 4, we had a fantastic time and we all learnt a lot about
ICT control.
Some of the pupils had very advanced skills and even made their own 'pong' style computer game.
This is Nick, the scratch teacher. He said it would only be a matter of time before the groups discovered how to add sound to their animations (I think he kept quiet about this feature to save himself from a headache!). He was right - both groups quickly figured out they could add sound to their animations, which made the room slightly noisier!
In the picture above, the screen shows the programming software which was used to give commands to the lego robot. Although we finished up we a free-style 'dance-off' (with Mr Sturgess in Simon Cowell mode as judge), the first challenge was to navigate our robots round a course.
I'm sure you can see from the pictures that this was a lot of fun! 
It was particularly rewarding and exciting when a group managed to successfully navigate the course. Eventually, most groups managed this task after lots of trial and error, and by making adjustments to the instructions (e.g. direction, time spent etc.). Well done Class 4, we had a fantastic time and we all learnt a lot about ICT control.
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