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Dash is a fun robot with a unique personality! Robot Man has 13 Dash Robots, all with their own iPad. Ideally they are shared, one between two. I often use a timer on the TV that ensures each student gets a turn every 90 seconds. For groups larger than 26, I use Dash at the same time as Cubelets (splitting the class into two groups then swapping half-way through). There are three main activities that you could do with Dash in a Robot Man workshop.
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Remote-Controlled Dash.Participants use either the Wonder or Go Apps to play a number of games with their Dash robot inside a purpose-built field. Games include Get the Bad guy, Chasey, Gang-up Tiggy, Soccer and even Footy! Lots of adrenaline pumping challenges for any age. |
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Dash coded with Blockly
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Using some simple block coding, participants attempt to play up to three different board games invented by Robot Man! All games require no experience, but can be challenging to master. 1) Pokemon game. The students have to navigate around a board to collect and collect matching cards if they finish inside a square facing the right way. It helps that each square is 20cm x 20cm, but a knowledge of some simple angles also helps. 2) Coloured Lines game. A booklet of challenging puzzles is used to help students code their robots to and from certain points on the board. Lots of estimation of line lengths and angles involved. They also have to get their robot to play certain sounds at various points. 3) Minecraft Games. Students roll two dice and code the robot to collect coins from Minecraft Characters and sometimes deal with some bad mobs like skeletons and Creepers! 4) Super Heros and Villains. Students need to navigate their robot to collect cards they have turned over by coding it to move the desired number of squares using cm and 90-degree turns. |
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Directing Dash using Path
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Path is so cool because you literally draw a path on the ipad, and Dash follows it on the ground. The introductory level has squares which represent about 30cm of ground space. In later levels the participants have to draw a path then place items on the screen in the right order to pass each level. Great for students in Grade Prep.-2. We have also used Path for a simpler game of "Watch out for the Lava" (above, Blockly section) |
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