{"id":112,"date":"2015-09-08T17:57:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T17:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/makerplay\/?p=112"},"modified":"2016-06-01T18:20:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T18:20:47","slug":"ozobots-borrow-from-maker-play-lending-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/makerplay\/2015\/09\/ozobots-borrow-from-maker-play-lending-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozobots: Borrow from Maker Play Lending Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ozobots are smaller-than-a-golf-ball-sized robots that can be used to teach the fundamentals of coding. Codes can be drawn by hand or created using a free iPad app (iPad not included, sorry!).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m5d4iXGbIGs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>See more how-to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozobot.com\/how-to-video\/\">videos<\/a> from Ozobot&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Due to the hefty price tag on these little guys, supervised play is required.<\/p>\n<p>Ages: I&#8217;d assume that third grade and older would be appropriate. I had one in my purse at lunch and showed a little guy of about 5 years old how it danced around the code. He was entranced &#8212; but was a little rough with it and desperately wanted to keep it.<\/p>\n<p>Tips:<\/p>\n<p>From Liz:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I noticed that it has a hard time reading the green sharpie \u2013 a thinner green sharpie or green crayola usually works.<\/p>\n<p>I also used graph paper \u2013 this helped kids make a thick-enough line (they made lines the width of a square) and also helped make sure their code was precise (one square for each color, etc).\u00a0 If you do this you need to calibrate the Ozobot to a big black dot on the graph paper instead of the regular calibration card.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read Tom&#8217;s post for more tips:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/makerplay\/2015\/10\/ozobots-at-play-at-the-stratford-library\/\">http:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/makerplay\/2015\/10\/ozobots-at-play-at-the-stratford-library\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ozobot Codes:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozobot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ozobot-OzoCodes-Reference.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ozobot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ozobot-OzoCodes-Reference.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ozobot Game Zone: Code Instructions &amp; Printable Tracks<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozobot.com\/gamezone\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ozobot.com\/gamezone\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=faepnqb2rsia12ul7cvtutb1j0%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America\/New_York\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ozobots are smaller-than-a-golf-ball-sized robots that can be used to teach the fundamentals of coding. Codes can be drawn by hand or created using a free iPad app (iPad not included, sorry!). See more how-to videos from Ozobot&#8230; Due to the hefty price tag on these little guys, supervised play is required. 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