Drag and Drop Programming with the PicoBoard The PicoBoard is a wonderful way to introduce students who are already familiar with drag and drop programming in Scratch to sensors and microcontrollers. The sensors on the PicoBoard are fully supported in the Scratch programming environment. Students can simply plug in their PicoBoard, make a few changes to their code and then control aspects of their projects using the various sensors on the the direction their character runs, PicoBoard. Whether it’s controlling the speed of the bad guys or even the outfit their character wears, kids will have fun learning how to use sensors to interface with their programming projects. Scratch and PicoBoard are a powerful combination that allows educators to introduce core technology concepts to a younger population of students than ever before. The only hard part for the students is figuring out what they want to control with their PicoBoard! Materials: A computer with Scratch installed on it. Go here for Scratch download: http://scratch.mit.edu/ A PicoBoard A USB to mini cable About Scratch
Drag and Drop Programming with the PicoBoard The PicoBoard is a wonderful way to introduce students who are already familiar with drag and drop programming in Scratch to sensors and microcontrollers. The sensors on the PicoBoard are fully supported in the Scratch programming environment. Students can simply plug in their PicoBoard, make a few changes to their code and then control aspects of their projects using the various sensors on the PicoBoard. Whether it’s controlling the direction their character runs, the speed of the bad guys or even the outfit their character wears, kids will have fun learning how to use sensors to interface with their programming projects. Scratch and PicoBoard are a powerful combination that allows educators to introduce core technology concepts to a younger population of students than ever before. The only hard part for the students is figuring out what they want to control with their PicoBoard! Materials: A computer with Scratch installed on it. Go here for Scratch download: http://scratch.mit.edu/ A PicoBoard A USB to mini cable About Scratch
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