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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging
Arduino circuit boards”.
Paulo da Silva
Wyndham Central Secondary College
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
Outline
1. Reasons to start a revolution in my classroom.
2. Twenty first century skills = coding? Is that all?
3. Introducing Arduino
4. Trying it out
5. One LED at the time
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
1. Reasons to start a revolution.
1. “Science is boring”
2. “I want to build things! I am sick of worksheets”
3. “What I learn is totally irrelevant”
4. “Science classes are a huge disappointment“
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Disengagement
Frustration
Fixed-Mindset
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To promote student engagementand to give them 21st century
skills.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
2. Twenty first century skills ?
1. Coding is very fashionable at the moment
2. Politicians want students to code
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
2. Twenty first century skills ?
1. Coding is very fashionable at the moment
2. Politicians want students to code
I had many questions buzzing inside my head!
Are teachers ready/confident to teach coding?
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
2. Twenty first century skills ?
1) Learning to code is like learning another language, and that
requires time.
2) There are dozens of languages out there, which one should I
learn?
3) How long until I can code anything?
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
2. Twenty first century skills ?
My plan:
1. to find a tool that would give me the opportunity to remove
the boundaries given by traditional learning;
2. to find a tool that required minimal learning curve and a
“wow factor”.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
3. Introducing Arduino
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
3. Introducing Arduino: advantages
1. Inexpensive – 10 AU$ on eBay
2. Cross-platform - runs on Windows, Macintosh OSX, and
Linux
3. Simple, clear programming environment
4. Open source and extensible software and hardware
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
CODE
Working Product: Xmas Tree
Designing a product from scratch
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
4. Trying it out
Arduino is a simple yet powerful tool that can be used
by teachers and students in Science, Arts, Music and
ICT classes.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
4. Trying it out: success stories
Roberto : created an Arduino Chiptunes.
Brad : designed a psychedelic xmas tree.
Alyiah: successfully develop a way to add six LEDs to
her project using only two ground pins.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
5. One LED at the time
1. Arduino has been a great tool for millions of people
around the world.
2. The tool is barely used in Australian schools.
3. Engagement has increased.
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.
5. One LED at the time4. Coding is important but designing,
prototyping, failing
and building resilience is vital.
5. Teachers can learn Arduino in 1 hour.
6. Instead of teaching memorisation techniques lets
teach relevant skills to our students!
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Thanks for watching!
Q&APaulo da Silva
Contact: [email protected] and
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“Starting a revolution inside our classrooms with simple and
engaging Arduino circuit boards”.��Paulo da Silva��Wyndham Central
Secondary College�Outline1. Reasons to start a
revolution.Disengagement�� Frustration��Fixed-MindsetSlide Number
52. Twenty first century skills ?Slide Number 72. Twenty first
century skills ?Slide Number 9Slide Number 102. Twenty first
century skills ?2. Twenty first century skills ?3. Introducing
Arduino3. Introducing Arduino: advantagesSlide Number 15Slide
Number 16Slide Number 17Slide Number 18Slide Number 19Slide Number
20Slide Number 214. Trying it outSlide Number 234. Trying it out:
success storiesSlide Number 255. One LED at the timeSlide Number
275. One LED at the timeThanks for watching!��Q&A
