Learning objective
By the end of this course, participants will have built a functional robot through the complete computational-making cycle and learned to translate that experience into a scaffolded learning sequence that develops both the technical and the collaborative, enterprising competences secondary students need to build and sustain a competition robotics team.
Learning outcomes
The participants can …
- Design, fabricate, and program a functional robot prototype by applying computational thinking practices across the full cycle: from problem framing through CAD modeling, 3D printing, microcontroller programming, and machine vision integration.
- Generate and evaluate creative solutions to open-ended design challenges, navigating ambiguity and technical constraints to converge on a viable approach.
- Plan and manage a collaborative robotics project by developing a shared vision, setting milestones, allocating roles, and adapting the plan in response to setbacks and shifting requirements.
- Work effectively in a team throughout the design-and-build process, negotiating technical decisions, leveraging diverse strengths, and giving constructive feedback under time and resource pressure.
- Reflect on their own learning experience in the workshop to identify how computational making and team-based project work develop both technical competence and transversal skills such as creativity, leadership, and resilience.
- Design a learning sequence that guides secondary students from initial exploration through to a competition-ready robot, scaffolding both the technical skills and the collaborative competences needed to build and sustain a team.