PGCE Primary Computing Bulletin No. 21st Sept.

2015

Bee Bot Special!

Make sure you read the computing handbook and do have a good look around the Computing
section of BB. We can be contacted at alan.cross@manchester.ac.uk or john.bidder@blippit.co.uk
1) URL link to give us your blog/website URL
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U-1z_pRom4cJ45hLdfgs5Zn-EgtkFp3civsDnVNC8HY/edit#gid=0
2) Bee Bot App
I forgot to mention the Bee Bot APP be aware of this and perhaps download it? It is not better than a real Bee
Bot but it is useful.
3) Bee Bot Without a Bee Bot!
Ask for a pupil volunteer who is happy to be given instructions like a robot. Ask them to stand at the classroom door and
wait for instructions which will get them to a seat in class. Ask the class then to help you with simple instructions to get our
robot to the seat e.g. forward 3 steps, turn right, You have written an algorithm! Can children other devise other similar
instructions/algorithms?
4) Bee Bot Sat Nav Explain that the commands you give to Bee Bot is like Bee Bot Sat Nav! Get it wrong and hell/shell
crash.
5) Remember to start work on your Blog or Websites E Safety Section and then Computing based on Pick n Mix 4
before you then start selecting more ICT to include.
6) Also be aware that there is a Blackboard APP.
Alan and John
NB Well done to the 41 people who have already given us their URL see the link above.