Description
(domo arigato Mr. Roboto)

That’s right we’re talking about the rock band Styx … well, not really. But we are talking about … wait for it … robots! Not really the “Klaatu barada nikto” Gort-style robots of The Day The Earth Stood Still fame, but the less earth-threatening kind. You know, the kind that our kids build, program, and operate right here in school.
Lessons Learned
Dennis - https://www.classroomscreen.com/ (https://www.classroomscreen.com/) A simple tool to help manage your classroom.

Daniel -  Private Channels in Teams - You must create a new channel.

Chris - Android phone-controlled robots! “Most robots are run by the Arduino board, and there are wireless Arduino shields which allow the robot to communicate wirelessly by using a Bluetooth or WiFi module.” https://robotsauthority.com (https://robotsauthority.com)  10-ideas-for-school-robot-projects
Fun Fact
Automatons

Radiolab Episode: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/radiolab-clockwork-miracle (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/radiolab-clockwork-miracle)

Want to see the mechanical monk? https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-450-year-old-clockwork-monk-is-fully-operational-5956937 (https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-450-year-old-clockwork-monk-is-fully-operational-5956937)
Notes & Links
10 Reasons Why Your School Must have A Robotics Program

* Coding and Computer Science. ...
* Maker–based Learning. ...
* Career Skills. ...
* Arts: The “A” in STEAM / Digital Arts Instruction. ...
* Innovation, Problem Solving, Creativity. ...
* Motivation and Engagement. ...
* Collaboration and ”Cooper-tition” ...
* Sport of the Mind / 'e-Sport'
* Engineering
* STEM learning across the curriculum
* Life & Developmental Skills (ok, that’s 11)

Don’t have time for a robotics class?  Integrate Robots into your curriculum.

* GR1 - Program robots to move on a number line to model addition and subtraction sentences.
* ELA - Storytelling. Program robots (Ozobots) to be the actor in a story.

So many curriculum ideas and lesson plans to explore - CodeHS (https://codehs.com/) and CodeCombat (http://codecombat.com) and CodeSpark for Educators/Librarians (https://codespark.com/educators) and Hour of Code (https://hourofcode.com/hk/en/learn (https://hourofcode.com/hk/en/learn))