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Robotics Course Reflection

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  Robotics Course Reflection image source: meetedison.com      What are the 1 - 2 most important things you learned in this course? How will these things be part of your future work as a teacher or librarian? One of the most important things I learned in this class is how to use coding to program a robot. In the first coding course, I learned how coding is structured, different types of languages, and different statements (if/then, elif). In this course, I applied what I learned to make an actual robot function. I also learned more about the Arduino when completing my lesson plan project. Although I've used an Arduino before in my classroom, I didn't understand all the functions of it or how it really worked. Researching this and having to explain it in a lesson better prepared me for completing STEAM projects using Arduino with my students. Another important issue I learned more about is AI and how AI is being used. This is a hot topic in my class and often comes up with stori