When I applied for the Digital Technologies position, I knew I wanted to develop a course that involved creating physical digital outcomes but it wasn't until I started actually planning what this would look like that I realised how many resources and options are out there! There are a multitude of microprocessors and components on the market as well as robotics kits like Lego Mindstorms and Edison, down to Sphero and Cozmo. I knew what I wanted to achieve in my programme, the challenge after choosing a focus was deciding which products would be the best tools to help with this. When it came to crunch my three major specifications for the products I chose where that they had to have good online support in terms of lesson plans, projects and ideas. Secondly they needed to be open-ended enough that students could be creative and develop their own ideas with them. The third specification was that I could purchase everything I needed in one go as a kit or from a salesperson who kne...