Jun. 10—Roan School students were able to spend the final few months of this school year coding robots thanks to 10 new iPads, which the school obtained courtesy of a donation from Chad Painter Insurance.
“We learn more about coding, and it’s fun,” said fifth-grader Erick Silva. “You get to make the robot do what you want it to do.”
Roan had “robots for every age, from prekindergarten through fifth grade, (but) the robots have to have an app to run, so we really needed the iPads,” said Jerre Leonard, paraprofessional in the I-Lab, where the new iPads were stationed. “We got the iPads in December, but we had to get the apps put on them, so we’ve been using them” for the balance of the second semester.
The iPads are also “great for kids who don’t have computers,” said fifth-grader Kamea Goodlett. “We learn more and explore different places.”
She also values the elevated technology of…
