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    ESTONIAN TECHNOLOGY CLUB ACTIVITIES

    I DASH AND DOT GO TO A FESTIVAL

    Tegevus DASH AND DOT GO TO A FESTIVAL.docx

    Name of the activitie: Dash and Dot go to a festival

    A brief description of the activities: The activities combine different fields: me and the environment, mathematics, reading and writing and art. Each child can create its own special figure – he designs, names and programs it with a tablet using Path for Dash or Go applications.

    Group: Vikerkaar

    The age of children: 5-6 years

    Teacher: Kaisa Heinaplu

    Purpouse of the activitie:

    1. A child must use his creativity to design costumes for the robot.
    2. A child uses his mathematical skills to sketch out a path for the robot and program it.
    3. A child has to use verbal communication to present the designed robot for the other kids and record his own speech into the program.
    4. A child must cooperate with his peers.

    Tools:

    • Dash and Dot robots,
    • Smartphone or a tablet (one smart device for one robot),
    • Go application, Path application,
    • Handicraft materials and tools – tinfoil, modeling clay, paper glue, colored papers, fabrics etc. scissors.

    Detailed description of the activitie:

    Teacher divided children into group of two. Every group had its own robot and a smart device. Children crafted together with their partner all the costumes for the robot using various crafting tools. After that kids recorded their own speech into the program, the robot plays the recording when program is launched. For example the robots says: who is he, where he is from, what does he like and etc. The next step was to program the robots movement using Go or Path applications. All applications were introduced to children previously and were familiar with it.

     

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    II MATH COMPETITION

     

    Activity - Math Competition.docx

    Name of the activity: Math Competition

    Short  description: The children use tablets to practice learned mathematical operations.

    Time of the activity (date, time): December 2018

    Name of the class:                Vikerkaar                Age of the children: 6-7

    Teachers: Merilin Mandel

     

    Purpose of the activity:

    The child can add and subtract within the range of 12 and knows the signs +, - and =.

    The child can follow the adult’s directions when dealing with a new situation.

    The child enjoys competitive games and knows how to lose.

     

    Tools: Tablets, Math Duel – 2 player game app

    Detailed description of the activity:

    The children sit opposite each other, enter their names and choose the duel’s difficulty level (’Easy’ for calculating within the range of 0-15, ’Medium’ for 0-100, ’Difficult’ for 0-...). Both partners are presented with a calculation and three options for the answers and have to choose one. When both have chosen, new calculations appear – the game is not timed so it’s not important how long it takes for a participant to calculate. Whoever gets 10 correct answers first is the winner. A new game can then be started.

     

    Sources: Math Duel – 2 player game app

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    III TRAVELLING AROUND THE WORLD

     

    Activity - Google Maps.docx

    Name of the activity: Travelling around the world

    Short description: Using Google Maps to get to know to faraway countries and cultures.

    Time of the activity (date, time): November 2018

    Name of the class:                   Vikerkaar              Age of the children:: 6-7

    Teachers: Merilin Mandel

     

    Purpose of the activity:

    The child knows that technology can be used for informational purpose.

    The child can talk about past experiences and retell them to others.

    The child knows where he/she lives.

     

    Tools: Big screen, internet, Google Maps

    Detailed description of the activity:

    During our travelling-themed month we talked a lot about all the places and peoples different to ours and us. We used the big screen and Google Maps street view function to „travel“ to the places we were talking about, both in the cities and in the countryside.

    The children also introduced to their peers their most memorable travels both abroad and in Estonia and we „went along“ with them to the places mentioned.

    But by the end of it, the most beloved places were, not surprisingly, the childrens’ own house street views.

     

    Sources: maps.google.com

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    IV FIND THE RIGHT LETTER

    Tegevuse Find the right letter ERASMUS+.docx

    Name of the activitie: Find the right letter

    Short  description: There is a picture with a word and letters on the screen, and the child tries to find the right missing letter.

    Time of the activitie (date, time): 21.09.18, kell 11:15

    Name of the class:  Liblikad                               Age of the children: 6-7y

    Teachers: Kätlin Kontkar

     

    Purpouse of the activitie:

    • The child crafts the Christmas decoration given by natural materials

    • The child can follow the on-screen instructions and the teacher

    • The child can continue the pattern

    • The child can count to 1-10

    • The child is able to tie the knot

     

    Tools:

    Warp, cord, wire, scissors, computer.

     

    Detailed description of the activitie:

    The teacher will open the link below on the computer and the children will have the tools to make the crown on the table. Children follow the action / instruction on the computer screen and try to follow it. In the meantime put the video to pause so that everyone can get along.

     

    Sources:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1mVVBMWWOw

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    V CHRISTMAS CROWN

    Tegevuse Christmas Crown ERASMUS+.docx

    Name of the activitie: Christmas Crown

    Short  description: Making a Christmas crown from rushes.

    Time of the activitie (date, time): 14.12.18

    Name of the class:  Liblikad                               Age of the children: 6-7y

    Teachers: Kätlin Kontkar

     

    Purpouse of the activitie:

    • The child crafts the Christmas decoration given by natural materials

    • The child can follow the on-screen instructions and the teacher

    • The child can continue the pattern

    • The child can count to 1-10

    • The child is able to tie the knot

     

    Tools:

    Warp, cord, wire, scissors, computer.

    Detailed description of the activitie:

    The teacher will open the link below on the computer and the children will have the tools to make the crown on the table. Children follow the action / instruction on the computer screen and try to follow it. In the meantime put the video to pause so that everyone can get along.

     

    Sources:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1mVVBMWWOw

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    VI CHRSTMAS VILLAGE

     

    Tegevuse Christmas Village ERASMUS+.docx

    Name of the activitie: Christmas Village

    Short  description: Children draw paths for robots and then build with legos and color papers houses and trees for them.

    Time of the activitie (date, time): December 2018

    Name of the class:  Liblikad                               Age of the children: 6-7y

    Teachers: Kätlin Kontkar

     

    Purpouse of the activitie:

    • The child constructs simpler robots and uses simpler programming techniques.

    • The child constructs different constructions from legends.

     

    Tools:

    Ozobots, legos, white papers, crayons, colored papers, scissors, glue, electric candles.

    Detailed description of the activitie:

    First  the children draw on white paper lanes for ozobots. Then they put the lanes together and formed the village. The child built the houses of legos and also paper crafts. Finally the children could play and improve the village on a daily basis with robots.

     

    Sources:

    Teachers' idea.

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    VII CRISTMASTREE

     

    Tegevuse Christmastree ERASMUS+.docx

    Name of the activitie: Christmastree

    Short  description: With the projector, the teacher created a fir tree on the wall and the children made a fir tree on the wall.

    Time of the activitie (date, time): 10.12.18

    Name of the class:  Liblikad                               Age of the children: 6-7y

    Teachers: Kätlin Kontkar

     

    Purpouse of the activitie:

    • The child stays in the outline

    • The child can tear small details and paste them according to the nature of the work.

    Tools:

    Projector, ladder, colored papers, painting tape.

     

    Detailed description of the activitie:

    The teacher fired a fir tree shape on the wall with the projector and the children, using the tear technique, tore the pieces of green paper and pasted them onto the wall with tape.

     

    Sources:

    Project Training, Autumn 2018