Basics for getting started with Spheros in the classroom. Includes menu basics and resources.

1. Sphero
to the
Rescue!
Marlena Hebern
@mhebern

2. It’s a bird!

3. It’s a plane!

4. No! It’s Super Sphero!

5. What’s a Sphero!

6. It’s a ROBOT!

7. Teach
programming
with cups!
My Robotic Friend Resources

8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaNmAjxxIDU

9. “People who can code in the world of technology
companies are a dime a dozen.
People who can code in biology, medicine, government,
sociology, physics, history, and mathematics
can do amazing things to advance those disciplines.”
-Programmers
https://programmers.stackexchange.com/users/login?returnurl=%2fquestions%2fask

19. What can it do?

20. What can it do?
• Rolls

21. What can it do?
• Rolls
• Changes colors

22. What can it do?
• Rolls
• Changes colors
• Connects to iPad through bluetooth

23. Just put
Sphero in
the base and
plug in!
Charge Up

24. Controlling Sphero:

25. Controlling Sphero:
• Sphero- the main app

26. Controlling Sphero:
• Sphero- the main app
• Draw and Drive- allows drive control

27. Controlling Sphero:
• Sphero- the main app
• Draw and Drive- allows drive control
• MicroLab-write simple programs

28. Controlling Sphero:
• Sphero- the main app
• Draw and Drive- allows drive control
• MicroLab-write simple programs
• OrbBasic- more complex programming
language

29. CORE lessons cover:

30. CORE lessons cover:
• Percentages, division, geometry, and patterns

31. CORE lessons cover:
• Percentages, division, geometry, and patterns
• Physics, speed, time, and distance

32. CORE lessons cover:
• Percentages, division, geometry, and patterns
• Physics, speed, time, and distance
• Computer Science, programs, flow, variables,
conditionals, and reading sensors

33. Menu Basics

34. Settings, not needed to get
started!

35. The help menu.

36. Be sure to set the
directional setting.

37. Choose an existing
program…

38. …or start a new program.

39. This existing program
has some code already.

40. Edit the code in
this program.

41. This is the editing screen.

42. Delete a line of code.

43. Grab this bar and
slide the line to a
new position.

44. Move the last line up.

45. “Play” the program.

46. Reset the direction the
Sphero will move.

47. Add a new line of code.

48. Close the program
when done editing.

49. http://www.gosphero.com/education/
Sphero CORE Lessons
on the Sphero website

50. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pCRpVi6WF0

51. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4WNHPlRfK8

52. Hand outs:
• Lessons 1 and 2
• Challenge when ready!
Start Exploring!!!

53. More Resources at…
marlenahebern.com