Technology

Here at Dale City Elementary we have are lucky enough to have a large collection of Technologies.

Our ITC Mr. Weaver and 4th grade teacher Ms. Merlo are the Robotics Coaches for First Lego League and Vex IQ.

We are preparing for the 2023-24 Season of FLL Masterpiece  and VEXIQ Full Volume.

In the upcoming school year we will use robotics in multiple instructional settings.

Kindergarten will use Indie by Sphero for inquiry based coding.

1st Grade will use a combination of VEXGo and Spike Essentials product.

2nd Grade will utilize Spike Essentials.

3rd Grade will have access to the FLL Robotics Team - After January.

4th Grade will utilize Dash bots in classroom activities, Robot Story Telling Club,  and have access to the FLL Robotics Team.

5th Grade will use Dash bots in Robot Story Telling Club and they will have access to the FLL Robotics Team and the VEX IQ Team.

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Here at Dale City we have worked to give all students and every grade level some access to Robotics.

Mr. Weaver also supports a variety of Minecraft lessons in Virginia Studies and Science, broadcasting, Breakout Box puzzles, and content creation lessons as his specialy areas.

Dale City has some form of Robotics Club nearly every week of the school year and they often run summer Robotics Boot Camps.