Back to the Mindlab for Robotics

On Wednesday we have another session at the Mindlab and this time we were led by Josh. It was another fabulous session. When we walked into the room there were kits for every person sitting on the desks. Creating the robots was a lesson in following instructions and they took about 40 mins to build. It helped if you liked playing with lego although the pieces were more pliable than lego.

After we had created our robots we plugged them into the computer and programmed in much the same way as we did last time. We added sensors that responded to light and dark and programmed using the senses as well.

Thanks Josh and Mindlab, it was another great session.

Back at the Mind Lab to Animate

We are back at the Mindlab today building on the animation skills we used last time. Today our movies are a little bit more sophisticated and we are going to add sound when we get back to school. We will make a sound clip that we will merge with our animation in iMovie.

It was a great opportunity to work creatively and have to work closely with someone in a pair. Teamwork and clear communication were very important. Some if us came with material from home and a plan of the story we wanted to animate.

Working with Josh

Team work makes dreams work

Creativity in action

Thinking things through

Being prepared means a quality result and being able to work faster.

Robotics at the MindLab

Twelve excited students enter the Mind Lab for two hours of programming robots. Total engagement and challenge for 120 minutes. Thank you Mind Lab.

 Beginning our coding

 Responding to the challenge

 Testing our ideas

 Working as a team

The robots we used

Visiting the Mind Lab to learn about Animation

On Tuesday we had  our first session at the Mind Lab. We learned about animation using qstopmotion. This is a free download and is very easy to use. Our tutor was Josh and he talked about making a storyboard. We used props and play dough to make simple story.

Making play dough creations

 Discussing the best approach

 Planning ideas together

 Organising the props

Getting some expert advice

We were very pleased to have something to share after our session. We are looking forward to seeing what we will develop next week.

By Bas and Max

By Lucy and Cillian

By Noah and Neo

By Jackson and Tim

By Isobel and Charlotte