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Newbridge Students Learn Programing With Robots

The program gave students a hands-on look at what coding can do.

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Jonathan Espinosa, Ava Franzitta and Mila DelVecchio, right, used the Blockly app to create the movement path for the robot.
Jonathan Espinosa, Ava Franzitta and Mila DelVecchio, right, used the Blockly app to create the movement path for the robot. (PHOTO: North Bellmore School District)

From the North Bellmore School District:

November 19 2019

Robots engage and enlighten at Newbridge

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Robots were roaming the classroom of first grade teacher Deb Edgerly on Nov. 18 as students were introduced to computer programming at Newbridge Road Elementary School in the North Bellmore School District.

North Bellmore technology integration specialist Michael Bevilacqua taught first graders at Newbridge Road School how to control robots using their iPads (PHOTO: North Bellmore School District)

Technology integration specialist Michael Bevilacqua visited Ms. Edgerly’s class with Dash robots, and the mobile blue devices filled with lights and sensors quickly had students engaged. It was their first coding lesson, as they used the Blockly app on iPads to program each robot’s movements. Students could simply drag and drop the commands to make the robot move forward, or turn left or right. Mr. Bevilacqua gave them several challenges with different series of movements, culminating with students having to program their robots to follow the path of a square.

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First graders, from left, Zoe Larsen, Jakob Tice, Cameron Fiskaa and Deegan Norris worked together to program their Dash robot. (PHOTO: North Bellmore School District)

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