The Kids Who Code project continues in our classroom. My grade 2s have become proficient coders using a number of student-friendly coding tools. We wanted to help others learn to use Scratch Jr., especially our Kids Who Code partner classrooms - Mrs. Lowe's Class & Mrs. Caldwell's class. Since these students are in Kindergarten, my students tried to pick coding activities that would help them learn about numbers, letters and colours. Students chose the learning activities they would like to design tutorials for and they used Book Creator to develop their instructions. Here are the finished products:
How to Change the Background Color
by Wyat & Peyton
Video: http://youtu.be/UpvFkg-SzS0
PDF instructions: http://1drv.ms/1Fgs35y
How to Create a Picture using Scratch Jr.
by Addison, Sev & Martin
Video: https://youtu.be/zMUnjo4VuGc
PDF Instructions: http://1drv.ms/1bsRD9w
How to Code a Character to Count - Recording
by Haily, Connor & Charlie
Video: https://youtu.be/A-wnqxgWOvM
PDF instructions: http://1drv.ms/1K2ETpo
How to Code a Character to Count - Speech Bubble
by Kylynn
Video: http://youtu.be/_XkFELylp7o
PDF instructions: http://1drv.ms/1EIIrp0
How to Code a Character to say a favourite colour - Recording
by Landon & Jaxen
Video: https://youtu.be/Ci5_lJF16-o
PDF instructions:http://1drv.ms/1HddW1e
How to Code a Character to say the Alphabet - Recording
by Kayleigh, Madison & Sarah
Video: http://youtu.be/SA_evLnwMC4
PDF instructions: http://1drv.ms/1Eudi9G
How to Code a Character to say the Alphabet -Speech Bubble
by Camryn
Video: https://youtu.be/4VN8rWNUEvU
PDF Instructions: http://1drv.ms/1zWdRNk
This is an education-related blog written by Mrs. Leah Obach @LeahO77. Leah is currently working as the Literacy with ICT Teacher Leader for Park West School Division, working with K-12 students and teachers to help them use technology for teaching and learning. She has taught at the early years, middle years and high school levels. Student work, teacher reflection, resources and samples from classrooms around PWSD are included in this blog.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Kids Who Code: Meeting Other Coders
As we build momentum for our Hour of Code event, we continue to learn more about coding and computer science! Thanks to Skype in the Classroom, today we had an exciting four-classroom Skype conference call about coding. Our Kindergarten friends in Mrs. Caldwell's class were on the call and we met students from Ms. Page's class at Forest Hills Elementary in Wilmington, NC and from Mrs. Lowe's Class in Winnipeg, MB. Each class shared some of their experiences with coding and students had the opportunity to share some of the coding tools they've been using.
During the call, Ms. Page's class showed us The Foos - a coding tool that we'd never seen before. They explained how much they enjoyed the app and even gave us a quick demonstration of how it works. As soon as we concluded our call, my students were asking to try out The Foos, as recommended by Ms. Page's class. Since we were so excited to try it out, we downloaded it this morning and spent our coding time this afternoon exploring this new tool. I was impressed at my students' ability to work with a brand new tool so confidently - they really are becoming coding experts (not to mention great problem solvers and critical thinkers -wow!) I watched and listened as students tackled new programming tasks and worked with peers to overcome challenges. It is very evident that students are building their skills as young coders!
As we have done with other coding tools we've tried, we took time after our initial exploration to rate the app. It was quite popular with many students. I noticed it was very easy for them to get started, yet challenging enough content-wise. I think The Foos are here to stay...
During the call, Ms. Page's class showed us The Foos - a coding tool that we'd never seen before. They explained how much they enjoyed the app and even gave us a quick demonstration of how it works. As soon as we concluded our call, my students were asking to try out The Foos, as recommended by Ms. Page's class. Since we were so excited to try it out, we downloaded it this morning and spent our coding time this afternoon exploring this new tool. I was impressed at my students' ability to work with a brand new tool so confidently - they really are becoming coding experts (not to mention great problem solvers and critical thinkers -wow!) I watched and listened as students tackled new programming tasks and worked with peers to overcome challenges. It is very evident that students are building their skills as young coders!As we have done with other coding tools we've tried, we took time after our initial exploration to rate the app. It was quite popular with many students. I noticed it was very easy for them to get started, yet challenging enough content-wise. I think The Foos are here to stay...
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