Student's Voices
This video demonstrates the Distance Learning experience an 8th-grader Akemi Yu has documented to inspire the future CS generations at sfusd.
Akemi was part of the Trailblazer Challenge team Pioneers from Francisco who participated in the Dreamforce Conference in the Fall of 2019.
Visit Akemi's web page to learn more about her projects.
This is Akemi's reflection on her projects and Distance Learning.
Throughout this past year, I learned Arduino, 3D printing, & a little bit of machine learning. I started learning Arduino October 2019 which was around the time of the Salesforce Trailblazer Challenge. It was cool using Arduino in our project, as it was more versatile & different than micro:bit (what most other schools used). In the months of October & November, I started heavily using Arduino - we used Arduino for our solar panels & servo motors. Naturally, we had to build for our project so my team decided to 3D print the boat. This was one of my first times 3D-printing. I continued 3D-printing for other classes!
Now that we’re distance learning, I’ve been creating videos for future students to learn Arduino. I hope it engages them as much as it did for me when I started learning it! I also created a website using HTML & CSS to upload my videos. Link is https://akemiyu.github.io/eureka/.
Akemi Yu
Here you can read some of the code.
This video demonstrates the Distance Learning experience an 8th-grader Gavin Li has documented to create a tutorial for the future students.
Gavin is showing ESP8266 - a microchip which resembles Arduino, the difference he says is that it has a WiFi module that you can connect it to an OLED Screen to make a clock. Also, uses a relay module as a switch to control lights, air condition, or TV in any of the device that connects to the internet.
Gavin was part of the Trailblazer Challenge team Pioneers from Francisco who participated in the Dreamforce Conference in the Fall of 2019. He was part of the ELL program at the school and joined team Pioneers in addition to his regular class schedule.
Visit Gavin's web page to learn more about his projects.
This is Gavin's reflection on his projects and Distance Learning.
Over the past year, I learned Arduino, 3D modeling and some front-end development with Django. I started learning Arduino and 3D modeling and printing in October 2019, that was the time of the Salesforce Trailblazer Challenge. We've used both micro:bit and Arduino for our project. After using both of them my biggest feeling is that Arduino had better scalability and compatibility. It can handle more things that micro:bit can't do. In the project, we use 3D printing to build a boat. On the boat, we have the Arduino to control everything from the LED which represents the solar simulator, to both motors that power the boat. This is also the first time learning C++ to program the Arduino.
Due to the COVID-19 and Distance Learning I found another micro board that looks simulator to the Arduino. It also uses the Arduino IDE and C++ to program. I created a video for people who want to know and learn about it.
Gavin Li
Here you can see the code for the project.