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Robot Man can get your students and teachers fascinated and excited with the world of robotics. It's an ideal way to integrate STEM into your classroom. You never know, your school might have a STEM or STEAM budget you can utilise!
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
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There is an opportunity to inspire up to 30 students at a time for either full day or half-day workshops. The students will experience one, two or three challenging mini-projects that will give them an exciting and hands-on experience; challenging them to think creatively and practically. Participants will be encouraged to solve problems using the latest Lego Mindstorms technology, and the amazing Cubelets. Depending on your needs, other robots might be used such as Dash, Cue, Lego Boost and Bluebots. |
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Robot Man promotes skills such as:
Team Work Construction Coding Trial and Error Perseverance Resilience Patience Cooperation Endurance Troubleshooting Sportsmanship |
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A lot of people have congratulated Robot Man for his flexibility. No matter how many students you teach, or what ranges in age and experience they have, Robot Man can find inspirational activities that will suit your needs. He has some very simple robots and activities that suit young children, and plenty of equipment to suit the older pupils. No devices or internet are needed, because Robot Man brings enough stand-alone iPads for everyone. Basically you tell Robot Man the numbers and approximate age of your students, and he'll customise a programme to suit your needs.
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BONUS 1. Steve (Robot Man) has teacher registration in Tasmania and Victoria, with a current National Criminal Check, and Tasmanian Working with Vulnerable People card. There is therefore the option for you to hire Robot Man to replace one of your absent teachers, or to free up a teacher to do other things. |
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BONUS 2.
Professional Learning Opportunity?? Yes! Instead of sending your staff off campus for Professional Learning, allow them to visit one of my sessions at your school. They will see how to integrate many STEM aspects of the curriculum into the classroom and I will issue them with a PL certificate. There is also the opportunity for Robot Man to be invited to staff meetings as a special guest speaker, after running a day's workshops. |
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BONUS 3.
Immediately after your Robot Man visit, you will be given links to some cool follow-up activities (that do not require robots). Robot Man has created several free worksheets to help your students reflect and even be assessed about what they learnt during the workshops. |
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Some student comments
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"It was a really good experience and was really fun to do. It was a shame that we couldn't do it for longer." - Jasmine "It was fun and the blocks were easy to use and understand what they did. We had fun working together to finish the challenges." - Josie "Robot Man was very enjoyable! The gadgets he brought along were fun and helped me learn new things of how machines can be programmed and constructed. I wouldn't mind having a lesson like that again." |
"I enjoyed playing with the cubelets and making an annoying beeping thing with different volumes/noises and experimenting what each block does."
"It was a fun experience with challenging and thought provoking activities." "It was a good chance to develop team work skills." "Easy and enjoyable way to learn about robotics." "It was really fun to do the challenges that were set and trying to figure it out by ourselves." - Erin |
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By hiring Robot Man you will be ticking a lot of those ACARA boxes, not just during the workshop, but hopefully, by making use of Robot Man's Teacher Resources, you will inspired to tick even more by incorporating more coding and Robotics into your classroom. |
By hiring Robot Man you'll also be covering these! 1.2 Understand how students learn. Structure teaching programs using research and collegial advice about how students learn. 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area. Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities. 2.6 Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Use effective teaching strategies to integrate ICT into learning and teaching programs to make selected content relevant and meaningful. 3.3 Use teaching strategies. Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking. 3.4 Select and use resources. Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning. 6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning. Undertake professional learning programs designed to address identified student learning needs. |
