I had the pleasure of partnering with the first grade classes at Escondido Elementary School in PAUSD on learning coding and computer science. It was fun to begin the time together talking about how the first graders have interacted with technology and computer science before. They shared many wonderful ideas including playing video games, watching Netflix, playing Minecraft, using the microwave, using the SmartBoard in the classroom, using the telephone, and also as simply as turning on the lights. As we continued, our time together, I shared a process of determining the "codes" the students need to use to navigate the "fuzzball" to get the prize. It was definitely an engageing intro activity as the first graders used the directions of up, down, left, and right to program the path of the fuzzball. Starting with a whole-class activity on the easel pad helped established a shared learning experience before the students worked in partners to solve the coding puzzles on the iPad app - Kodable.
Everyone should know how to program a computer, because it teaches you to think! - Steve Jobs
I had the pleasure of partnering with the first grade classes at Escondido Elementary School in PAUSD on learning coding and computer science. It was fun to begin the time together talking about how the first graders have interacted with technology and computer science before. They shared many wonderful ideas including playing video games, watching Netflix, playing Minecraft, using the microwave, using the SmartBoard in the classroom, using the telephone, and also as simply as turning on the lights. As we continued, our time together, I shared a process of determining the "codes" the students need to use to navigate the "fuzzball" to get the prize. It was definitely an engageing intro activity as the first graders used the directions of up, down, left, and right to program the path of the fuzzball. Starting with a whole-class activity on the easel pad helped established a shared learning experience before the students worked in partners to solve the coding puzzles on the iPad app - Kodable.
It was definitely a great time working with the first graders on the introduction to coding and computer science, the essential lifeskill of trying again when mistakes are made, the process of analyzing mistakes in code, and working with another to solve puzzles.
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