CodeJoy Virtual Student Sessions

Students learn pattern recognition, decomposition of problems, pattern abstraction, and algorithmic design. In essence, these sessions teach them how to think, while helping them develop a growth mindset and a design mind for thinking about problems.

• Ideal for 3rd-8th grade - Beginner to intermediate coders
• 30-45 minutes - 30 mins learning time, 15 mins of Q&A time
• Up to 400 participants with computers, Chromebooks, or tablets, no robots required - open to ABC CREATE partner and pilot school districts. (All other educators, subscribe to the CodeJoy newsletter to learn about upcoming free opportunities with CodeJoy – and more!).

Join Kelsey and Matt the Robot from CodeJoy for this interactive virtual field trip session for students - scheduled at YOUR convenience! Student participants watch as their code controls real robots in the CodeJoy studio - LIVE! CodeJoy can handle up to 400 participants at once - so please invite other classrooms as well! No coding experience necessary, students will just click a link to join.

• All student sessions will be delivered during the weeks listed below and can be scheduled at a time that works for the teacher and the students. Teachers are encouraged to invite other teachers and their students who are available to attend at the same date and time.
• Each teacher will receive a link via email for the students to join. All students should join from separate devices - computers or Chromebooks are preferred.
• ​NOTE: Students do NOT need a robot for these sessions! The programs the students create will control Micro:bits, Hummingbirds, or Finches in the CodeJoy studio. ​

CodeJoy Virtual Student Sessions 2023-2024
More information about registration will be available later this fall

Robot Memories (Hummingbird) - November 28 - December 1, 2023

Learn more about Robot Memories

Grandma Dottie has the best stories - but she will need our help to bring her faded memories back to life!

• Components: position servo motors, tri-LEDs
• Concepts: loops, pause blocks, parallel programming
• Guiding Question: How can we connect with other generations through story - and robotics?

​​

REGISTER

Open to ABC CREATE partner and pilot school districts only. (All other educators, subscribe to the CodeJoy newsletter to learn more about upcoming free opportunities with CodeJoy -- and more!). 

Robot Rovers (Finch) - December 11 - 14, 2023

Learn more about Robot Rovers

Elby has a new pet rover! Help Elby train his new pet rover’s wheels and turns, and help the two of them bond.

• Components: wheel speeds and ratios
• Concepts: wheel speed ratios
• Guiding Question: How can we create a winning rock-paper-scissors game with a micro:bit?

​​

REGISTER

Open to ABC CREATE partner and pilot school districts only. (All other educators, subscribe to the CodeJoy newsletter to learn more about upcoming free opportunities with CodeJoy -- and more!). ​

Robot Aerobics (Hummingbird) - January 16 - 18, 2024

Learn more about Robot Aerobics

Let’s get the robots of the world dancing! You’ll be programming some robot dancers LIVE!

• Components: coordinating position servo motors
• Concepts: loops, pause blocks

• Guiding Question: How can you make a brand new dance move - with a robot?

​​

REGISTER

Open to ABC CREATE partner and pilot school districts only. (All other educators, subscribe to the CodeJoy newsletter to learn more about upcoming free opportunities with CodeJoy -- and more!). ​

Robot Relaxation (Micro:bit) - January 30 - February 2, 2024

Learn more about Robot Relaxation

The Little Bots are feeling some major test anxiety today. Perhaps we can calm them down with some LED animations!

• Components: micro:bit LED array
• Concepts: loops, pause blocks
• Guiding Question: How can we help our friends and ourselves with anxiety?​

​​

REGISTER

Open to ABC CREATE partner and pilot school districts only. (All other educators, subscribe to the CodeJoy newsletter to learn more about upcoming free opportunities with CodeJoy -- and more!). ​

What Teachers are saying about CodeJoy Virtual Student Sessions:

“Some students who were not enthusiastic about coding liked these sessions much more than coding independently!”

“It was fun, cool, very professional and really engaging! The whole structure of the lesson with the robots and humans was really well done. Really, really excellent.”

“A lot of fun! It was different in the best way and a great type of event or assembly that can be done during virtual learning.”

CodeJoy Virtual Student Sessions 2022-2023

Robot Romeo: November 1st-4th, 2022

Matt the Robot is directing a Shakespearean play - Romeo & Juliet. He’s not doing a great job, though… The actors need our help to feel something other than “sad.”
CodeJoy participants will engage with the text of Romeo & Juliet and use the micro:bit LEDs to create emotions.
​
Learn more about Robot Romeo

Robot Memories: December 5th-9th, 2022

While Elby is visiting his grandma Dottie during a terrible storm and resulting power outage, her memory files become corrupted. Together, we need to find them and bring them back to life with color and movement.

CodeJoy participants will learn the basics of coding tri-LEDs and motors using Makecode.

Learn more about Robot Memories

Robot Rovers: January 9th-13th, 2023

Elby the Robot just got a brand new pet rover! But - it's not *quite* house trained yet. 

CodeJoy participants will learn to program the motors of the Finch Robot to teach the new rover "tricks" while also learning coding concepts like loops and pause blocks.

Learn more about Robot Rovers