IGNITE @ Brooklands

The IGNITE Camp Survey...

2008-12-11T08:38:00.002-06:00

Image: 'Questions' - www.flickr.com/photos/42788859@N00/318947873

Click here to answer a few short questions about IGNITE Camp

Looking Back...

2008-12-03T16:18:00.002-06:00

Image: 'DSCN3118' - www.flickr.com/photos/84987970@N00/2993149394

I hope that you've enjoyed your IGNITE Camp experience as much as I have :-)

Looking back on all of your many accomplishments, what were your highlights from participating in IGNITE@Brooklands?

Baby Steps.

2008-12-03T10:36:00.003-06:00

Now that you have had a chance to program your robot using a computer, what was the hardest part of using the Mindstorm software?

Was it easier to program your robot with the computers or just using the robot's 'brain'?

Were you able to make your robot do what you wanted?

They're Alive :-)

2008-12-02T12:39:00.003-06:00

Now that you have built your robots, you must think about what you want to make them do...

When you program your robot tomorrow, how will you use the different sensors to challenge your robot to do things?

The Guts.

2008-12-01T15:10:00.003-06:00

Did you enjoy taking apart a laptop computer yesterday?
What was the hardest part about taking peices out of your laptop?

Many students chose a piece from inside their laptop to take home.
What piece did you choose to take home, and why?

Simple Circuits

2008-12-01T10:56:00.005-06:00

This morning, you spent lots of time building electronic circuits using Snap Circuit kits.

What were your biggest challenges while creating circuits with your partner?

What was the most exciting circuit that you built together?

Working Together

2008-11-27T12:20:00.003-06:00

This morning you worked together in your groups to program your robots. Your robots and your computer worked together to bring your robot to life.

How has working together made your IGNite camp experience successful?

What team work skills will the next group of students need to have fun during IGNite camp?

Build-a-Bot

2008-11-26T13:06:00.007-06:00

Wow, I am SO impressed with the teamwork skills that I saw today while you work hard to assemble your robots! Look what you've accomplished by working together!!!

What was your biggest problem that you had while building your robot?
How did you solve that problem?

After you've commented on this blog post, I'd like you to add some voice comments to the following VoiceThread...

Open up and say... aha :-)

2008-11-25T14:24:00.004-06:00

Well, now you know what's inside the box because we looked at the insides of a computer tower. We saw many different circuits that work together.

When your team had the opportunity to take apart a laptop, what was different?

What kinds of things did you find inside the laptop?

What surprised you the most during this experience?

A New Beginning...

2008-11-25T10:52:00.002-06:00

Welcome to the second IGNITE Camp at Brooklands!

What did you enjoy the most about your first morning of IGNITE Camp?

What were the biggest challenges you faced when building electronic circuits?

Final Reflection

2008-11-21T12:38:00.003-06:00

What advice would you like to give the students in next week's IGNITE Camp so that they can also have a positive experience?

Bringing our Robots to Life

2008-11-20T14:07:00.002-06:00

The next step in bringing your robot to life is to give it a name. What would you call your robot, and why?

Tomorrow, you'll have lots of time to program your robot to perform different activities :-)
What would you like to be able to make your robot do?

Telling Your Story about IGNITE

2008-11-20T08:26:00.002-06:00

Image: 'EncadrÃ© (Jardim BotÃ¢nico, Rio de Janeiro)' - www.flickr.com/photos/33432224@N00/2285253737

Now that you've had a chance to see and hear each other's comments on our VoiceThread, please reflect on how you will tell your story about your IGNITE Camp experiences :-)

What did you enjoy the most about Day 1 of IGNITE Camp?

Can you explain how the inside of a computer is similar to the human body?

First Reflections

2008-11-19T10:33:00.002-06:00

We hope you enjoyed the first morning of the IGNITE camp! Please reflect on the following two questions about the Snap Circuit activity and post your comments.

1. What did you enjoy the most while building your electronic circuits?

2. What was your biggest challenge?

Let the fun begin :-)

2008-11-18T12:59:00.002-06:00

It's finally here! IGNITE @ Brooklands begins tomorrow morning...
Are you as excited as I am to start IGNITE Camp?

The following VoiceThread is just an example of what we can create together, with the help of some student photographers ;-)

See you tomorrow,
The Salmon Guy

What do YOU think we'll find inside?

2008-11-13T20:34:00.002-06:00

Image: 'Phillips' - www.flickr.com/photos/71206023@N00/3632624

One of our first IGNITE Camp activities is taking apart a computer. We'll find many things inside, just waiting to be discovered. What do you think we'll find inside the computer?

IGNITE Almost Here :-)

2008-11-12T08:45:00.001-06:00

IGNITE @ Brooklands will be starting soon!

Now that IGNITE is only a few days away, what are you looking forward to the most about taking part in IGNITE Camp?

Sample VoiceThread & a talented robot...

2008-10-21T17:01:00.004-05:00

I'd like to thank all of the teachers who took part in our IGNITE Camp training over the last two days! I'm really looking forward to running our three IGNITE Camps in a few weeks :-)

Feel free to post your own comments or reflections on the following VoiceThread...

Also, here is a short video demonstrating the abilities of one very active little robot:

Ignite Training Day 2

2008-10-21T12:52:00.002-05:00

Image: 'Toby w/ Shockwave'
www.flickr.com/photos/12822837@N00/527815034

This is my dog with robot. Robo-dog.

Our blog is ready!

2008-10-09T15:26:00.004-05:00

Image: 'Nannan's M8s' - www.flickr.com/photos/60648084@N00/2900765643

As you can see, the IGNITE @ Brooklands blog is all set to go.

As teachers who will be running IGNITE Camps in their classrooms over the next few weeks, I'd like all of you to experience blogging first-hand.

We'll be using this blog to post questions for our students to consider. All students will be asked to reflect on their learning experiences as they take part in IGNITE camp. Through responding to our questions on this blog, their reflections will be shared with the entire IGNITE community.

Encouraging our students to blog will accomplish many things. As students explore blogging and respond to each other's comments, we should see some interesting things happening. The students who take part in IGNITE Camp will have many opportunities to present and share their work with a larger audience than they are used to...

While taking part in the two days of training at M.E.C.Y., you will be shown how to access this blog, how to post comments to this blog, and we'll also talk a little bit about subscribing to blogs in general :-)

Welcome to IGNITE @ Brooklands!
Andy