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Cracking the Code for Beginner Coders
- 1. Cracking the Code A Beginner’s Plan to Coding in the Elementary School Classroom
- 3. Hello! I’m Allison You can find me @athomp526 and www.mrsktechnology.com
- 6. “What Most Schools Don’t Teach”
- 7. Why Teach Coding? ◎ Skills Reinforced: ◉ logical thinking ◉ problem solving ◉ collaboration ◉ persistence ◎ Standards-Driven ◉ International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) ◉ Computer Science Standards ◉ Common Core State Standards
- 8. Research and Information Fluency Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making ISTE Standards Creativity and Innovation
- 9. Computational Thinking Computers and Communication Devices Computer Science Standards Computing Practice and Programming
- 10. English Language Arts Mathematics Common Core State Standards Creativity & Critical Thinking
- 11. About Us
- 12. About Cavanaugh STEAM: ◎ Lansing, MI ◎ Pre-K through 3rd ◎ Year 1 of STEAM implementation ◎ Newly Identified Priority School ◎ After-School Coding Club for 2nd and 3rd grade students
- 13. Getting Started Google CS First makes it easy! 1
- 14. Starting a Coding Club Assess available resources Decide on a resource Play around and get familiar with selected resource Generate excitement Establish a schedule Create expectations Establish and maintain routines Allow time for student reflection Provide opportunities to share projects
- 15. Starting a Club ◎ Sign up using Google account at cs-first.com ◎ Request club materials ◎ Set schedule & begin marketing ◎ Review materials prior to start of club ◎ Free!
- 19. Typical Day Lesson plan, videos, and sample project for a normal club day 2
- 20. Typical Day ◎ Login to CS-First ◎ Choose Club Day ◎ Watch First Video ◎ Open Scratch Starter Project ◎ Practice Skills Taught in Video ◎ Share on Scratch
- 25. Student Projects Sample projects from Digital Storytelling and Game Design
- 29. Resources to Teach Code
- 30. Lessons Learned -Basic computer functions -What is Computer Science? -Time Management -Culminating Event/Accountability -Direct teaching of explicit computer skills -Frontloading and addressing misconceptions -Chunking, setting mini-goals -Have a purpose for learning how to code Challenges Solutions
- 32. Resources to Teach Code Daisy the Dinosaur ◎ Free ◎ Beginner (PreK and older) ◎ Drag and drop
- 33. Resources to Teach Code Lightbot Jr. ◎ Free ◎ Beginner ◎ (PreK and older, suitable for prereaders)
- 34. Resources to Teach Code Hopscotch ◎ Free ◎ Intermediate ◎ Drag and drop ◎ Social/sharing component
- 35. Resources to Teach Code Move the Turtle ◎ $2.99/app ◎ Beginner ◎ Intuitive design, artistic options
- 36. Resources to Teach Code Puzzlets ◎ $99/kit ◎ Coming September 2015 ◎ Beginner, recommended for first coding experience
- 37. Resources to Teach Code Bitsbox ◎ $20+ ◎ Ages 6-12 ◎ Monthly subscription ◎ PDF or physical box delivered ◎ New projects each month
- 38. Extension Hour of Code ◎ http://code.org/learn ◎ During school or evening event with families ◎ Learn the basics of code in one hour or less.
- 39. Your Turn! Scratch Jr App (iPad or Android) Try any of the Apps mentioned Scratch.MIT.edu (laptop) Click on “Try it Out”
- 41. Interested in Learning More? 1-Day Code.org Workshops coming to Lansing beginning mid-August Interested in learning more? Click HERE
- 42. Thanks! You can reach me at @athomp526 or via email at: mrsktechnology@gmail.com
- 43. Sources Referenced ◎ National Science Foundation ◎ ISTE ◎ Bureau of Labor and Statistics ◎ Bay Area Council Economic Institute ◎ AP College Board
- 44. Credits Special thanks to Code.org for their awesome graphs! ◎ Minicons by Webalys ◎ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival ◎ Photographs by Unsplash
Editor's Notes
- State Capital, Title I School, Urban District, Current Enrollment: 254
- The bulk of our work in teaching students to code occurred during an after school club. I did a small amount of instruction using Scratch Jr in our STEAM Lab, but students had minimal exposure before we began.
- Current Clubs:Fashion Design, Art, Video Game Design, Music and Sound, Digital Storytelling, Friends, Social Media
- Option for Google to help locate “Gurus” for your club. Teachers as facilitator and host, guru as content expert. We decided to be our own gurus.
- Show club plans, passports, troubleshooting guides, marketing materials, headphones, sticky notes. Students set up own accounts - just need club code, no email address required (as with other programs).
- Self paced structure, video as “instructor”, Guru = facilitator (allows students to go back and review instructions at their own pace. Each day starts with a goal/objective for the lesson. Can
- Structure is same for most days, each day has a different focus. For example, in Game Design you might spend a day looking at how to use randomness to make a video game more exciting or learn about how to use different methods of characterization to make a sprite come to life.
- Each club day has a detailed script with the objectives for the day, suggested timelines, and student instructions. Student hint sheet was a helpful resource when students were stuck and needed help.
- Example of the starter projects in Scratch. Students use the basic template and then “remix” to make it their own, using the code component they learned about in the video.
- Sample student hint sheet.
- Last part of each day asks students to evaluate their club experience for that day. Students can also message the club Gurus - good for shy students. The club guru has access to all of student feedback data using the dashboard. Can see which projects they have completed, what their answers were on the reflection questions, etc.
- This is a sample student project from the Game Design curriculum. This lesson focused on using different conditionals to talk about a dinosaur character and bring it to life. This student wrote two different codes for the dinosaur. The first one is to have the dinosaur breathe fire and then to dance. The student also added a background to their story.
- This is a sample student project from the Digital Storytelling lesson about using dialogue. The students learned how to think of a story as a series of steps that occur in order like a sequence. They used conditionals to make each sprite talk for a set amount of time.
- The final project for Game Design was a cave surfing game. The object was to create a scrolling backdrop and use if/then statements to make the sprite fly. Here is a third grader explaining how he made his bat fly.