Inputs and Outputs

We've had a great time with Year 2 Learners in the Exploration Station over the last few weeks.  They've enjoyed learning about what an algorithm is and creating their own algorithms, as well as debugging their algorithms once they'd tested them. 

Our Year 2 learners worked together in groups to talk about what they thought a digital device was.  They came up with a few criteria but weren't one hundred percent sure so we're going to keep looking into what makes something digital.   

We also talked through what we thought the inputs and outputs for each device were.  We shared other devices we had at home or had seen before and what their inputs and outputs were too.  Other inputs we noticed were keys, trackpads, light or lack of light (a sensor) and microphones.

We then got to design our own creation that had an input and an output.  Some of us created things we'd seen before others decided to create completely new devices.