Last week 893 students at my school each completed an hour of computer coding! That number spans from our Pre-K/ ESE classes to 5th grade. Even some teachers and our principal got involved! We had such a great time learning together! Check out some of these pics!
I had some great help from our district Instructional Technology Support Specialists, Kristin Harrington, Rose Kebe, and Jesse Gates, as well as our Director for Career Education, Paula Chaon. It was greatly needed because every class was scheduled to complete their Hour of Code in one of our three computer labs at any given time. Check out the sign up sheets (these are blank, but they were completely filled)!
This is the Symbaloo I created to bookmark the sites we would use. It made it very easy for students to continue to their learning if they finished a module.
The Pre-K, ESE, Kindergarten and first graders worked on a variety of sites and apps. I really like Kodables, an iOS app that was very easy for the students to understand. Even though we had more than enough iPads, I had two students buddy up so that they could work through the puzzles together. We also used ArtBot Action and BotLogic, both of which were fairly easy for the students to manipulate.
Our second through fifth grade classes completed the Blockly tutorial that required them to program an Angry Bird. I had each student create an account so that they could continue their progress later on... and you wouldn't believe how many students are still working on it!
When each class was finished they were awarded with a coding ribbon. The second through fifth graders actually accessed their profiles to see how many lines they actually coded! It was so cool to see kids walking around showing off their progress!
The Hour of Code was a great experience for our school! We are starting an after school coding club, and there are tons of kids that are already working on their own. I can't wait for next year!
The Pre-K, ESE, Kindergarten and first graders worked on a variety of sites and apps. I really like Kodables, an iOS app that was very easy for the students to understand. Even though we had more than enough iPads, I had two students buddy up so that they could work through the puzzles together. We also used ArtBot Action and BotLogic, both of which were fairly easy for the students to manipulate.
Check out these kindergartners working together... so cute!
Our second through fifth grade classes completed the Blockly tutorial that required them to program an Angry Bird. I had each student create an account so that they could continue their progress later on... and you wouldn't believe how many students are still working on it!When each class was finished they were awarded with a coding ribbon. The second through fifth graders actually accessed their profiles to see how many lines they actually coded! It was so cool to see kids walking around showing off their progress!
The Hour of Code was a great experience for our school! We are starting an after school coding club, and there are tons of kids that are already working on their own. I can't wait for next year!
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