Virtual Robot Academy

Okay - I did not get any response from my PowerPoint Maze projects from students, so lets get back to what we know how to do.This is going to get a little crazy - right now all of you have seen and worked with either a VEX EDR or Lego EV3 robotics system.  Obviously, those are locked up in my classroom and I can't get them out for you to use, but I would still like to be able to get you to understand how to program the robots before we return to school - 

I found RobotC online at http://www.robotc.net/download/vexrobotics/ and found to make it work you need you to go to http://www.robotvirtualworlds.com/download/ and download the software for the robot you are going to use.  It works great but the trial period only lasts 10 days. By the time some of you started to use it, others' trials would already be over. 

So, instead, I am going to switch everyone over to Lego EV3 - Amazon has a great version of it for us to use - play.gocoderz.com if you are in my class, please click join class, then use the code "slimyfootball" to join my class and enter your information so that I can give you credit.  If you are not in my class, you will need to get a code from your teacher, or go to:

https://gocoderz.com/amazon-future-engineer/?utm_source=Email_Campaign&utm_medium=Amazon&utm_campaign=2020

and follow the links you find there to explore on your own.

Below will be the instructions on how to use it:

Step 1 - Go to play.gocoderz.com and select “Join a Class” to join the class, not log in. The code for Mr. J’s class is slimyfootball - all lowercase, all one word - it was not my choice, it was randomly generated - although one of my daughter’s favorite Sesame Street characters is Slimy the worm and she would think that him playing football was hilarious. 

Step 2 - Use the Sign in with Google option to sign in using your ID#@stu.sandi.net as your email and your password that you use to log into computers at school as your password. 

Step 3 - Once logged in, you will have 3 sets of projects to choose from.  Please start at Novice despite some of you having more advanced programming skills.  The activities will guide you through the use of Blockly to code an EV3 robot through a series of challenges that get more and more difficult as you go.