LEGO

Megan Chick Resources for Secondary Teachers, Secondary Level

The LEGO Mindstorms NXT is a programmable robotics kit which can be used to create many different robots which can complete a variety of tasks. During these workshops, you get to build your own LEGO Mindstorms robots, and then you can program them to complete a series of tasks. These workshops give an overview of robotics hardware and programming constructs, … Read More

Arduino

Megan Chick Resources for Secondary Teachers, Secondary Level

Arduino is a small circuit board which allows you to make a computer that can sense and control the physical environment. You can learn about electronics by building your own circuits, and you can program your Arduino to become anything, from a mobile phone to a Geiger counter! Technocamps have developed a wearable computing workshop, where pupils can use an … Read More

CS101: Greenfoot

Joseph Mearman CS101, Resources for Secondary Teachers, Secondary Level

This workshop develops students’ knowledge of object oriented programming, focusing on the Java-based Greenfoot environment. Through creating a series of games, students will strengthen their understanding of how object orientated programs are structured.