Raspberry Pi shelved and replaced by Scratch Coding

• What challenges have you encountered? I had originally considered working more closely with outdoor education to install sensors in the hoop house and greenhouse to have students collect data from the sensors for science lessons. I had hoped to do this with my after school Lego Programming Club, but the timeline of that group was too quick and directed by the competition to devote the time necessary to this project.
• What celebrations? I decided instead to focus on incorporating more coding across the curriculum in various projects. I have been able to use Scratch to create projects in 2nd, 4th and 5th grades. Being able to work closely with teachers on projects that make sense with the curriculum has been inspirational.
• How has thinking changed on the original goals? I would need time with Alan, Bill and a grade level teacher to plan a data collection project from beginning to end so that a timeline of technology installation and lessons could be rolled out and then implemented succinctly.
• Has a new focus emerged? The new focus has been on pre-planning for next year with a meeting with a self-selected classroom teacher in order to build lessons together that fit into an already established classroom goal.
• What support do you need? I need more conversations with Alan and Bill / Leah in order to write code for the raspberry pi's and to determine which data to track in the hoops house / greenhouse.