17th March 2016Andrew Gray

On Thursday 10th March sixteen year 8 students visited the School of Computing at Newcastle University to engage in Computational thinking and to learn new programming skills. The session was led by Nick Cook, lecturer and lead of the Computing At School (CAS) North East regional centre. During the visit they programmed an Arduino-based robotic vehicle, they experienced using it’s ultrasound sensor for obstacle avoidance, as well as it’s line following sensors and light sensors. Students thoroughly enjoyed the ‘Ā€Ā‹afternoon and their behavior was exemplary!