Learn Picoh
Picoh is a programmable robot head.
It has three motors that move its head and lips, and a screen that displays eyes. Connected to a computer, Picoh can be programmed to sense, think and act. What it does and how it behaves is completely up to you.
Picoh can be programmed using the Picoh App, Scratch for Picoh or Python. Set these up first, then pick where to start below.
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Puzzles
Not everyone likes tutorials. Perhaps you prefer to learn to make Picoh work by solving little coding puzzles. They are intended to be fun, but also help develop computational thinking skills and an understanding of key programming concepts. Click to open the puzzle within the app, or use 'Open Ohbiverse Download' from the File menu.
Code Snippets
Small, reusable pieces of Picoh code. Open one in the app and drop it straight into your own program.
Projects
Opportunities to work on meaningful projects, so children experience the process of turning an initial idea into a creation that can be shared. These are starter ideas — run them, pull them apart and make them your own.
Picoh Scheme of Work
This course provides a sequence of inspiring activities that can be used to help children develop the skills needed to find computational solutions to messy real world problems. As they work through creating computer programs for human-like behaviour such as smiling, blinking or telling a story, they adopt and develop core competencies associated with computer programming including logical reasoning, an iterative approach and the need for perseverance. They are also introduced to core programming concepts including sequencing instructions, repetition, conditionals and variables.
The course consists of 4 sequences of 6 lessons that may be used flexibly — for example taught as a single block, or split up and taught over a term a year across four years. Each lesson takes around an hour and is devised to be delivered by a teacher working with a class of children.
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More ways to learn
Picoh App Tour
A five minute tour of the Picoh App: the scripts area, the palettes and saving your work.
Picoh Puzzles
A home-learning set of nine coding puzzles to solve in the app.
Python for Picoh
Move, speak and loop from Python using the picoh library.
Ohbot
Puzzles, projects and the Ohbot scheme of work.
AI
Connect your robot to ChatGPT and explore AI.
Scratch for Picoh
Runs in the browser on Windows, macOS or Chromebook.