West Branch students use robots to create artwork
A couple of months ago, we talked about the Damascus Wonder Workshop Warriors, an after-school group focused on tech and coding.

KNOX, Ohio - A couple of months ago, we talked about the Damascus Wonder Workshop Warriors, an after-school group focused on tech and coding.
Now, that love for robotics is trickling over to another school in the West Branch District in art class.
Robots are taking over Brooke Klenke's art class at Knox Elementary.
"I'm actually taking my masters courses in integrated curriculum so I can incorporate technology through art and we come up with some pretty cool things," said Klenke.
It combines new age tech with a heavy dose of creativity and the classroom just explodes with energy.
"You have to make things interesting to that the kids can put two and two together," said Klenke. "If it's exciting, they're engaged."
"We're really bringing that STEAM idea, from STEM to STEAM, to take science, technology, engineering, and math and really integrate arts into it," said Jacqueline Mumford, a professor of education at Walsh University who helped get this program into motion.
All it takes for the little ozobots is a line and a few colors, and just like that third graders are coding.
"You put it on the black line and then you got to color it in whatever you want on the papers," said third-grader Dylan Mobley.
"When we put the robot on that line then, he will follow the line but go super fast when he reads the code," said Mumford.
The robots are really just the beginning. They're also using virtual reality and augmented reality; the perfect combination of technology and creativity.
"We're using some augmented reality books where an artist has gone in and made a graphic image that comes to life. So the kids are able to learn about something, a bug or a dinosaur, and then fly it around my room," said Klenke.
"You hold up the tablet and you could do a dinosaur or a spider or something and you can see it move all around," said third-grader Maxine Hinchliffe.
Taking several different subjects and bringing them all together in a fun way in art class.
"This technology's really just a tool for helping them learn and to give them some of that excitement, some of that awe," said Mumford.
After all, how can you not be excited to use robots in art class?
