Coding for kids and teachers. How to make this a shared process. This is a presentation which I delivered at a conference. Notes are very brief. The main focus of the session was for teachers to have hands on time tinkering (playing).

1. Tinker and
Discover
Together...
Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis

2. Tinker and
Discover
Together...
Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
This presentation is designed to follow
a previous presentation. Here is the link
to my previous presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/j_villis/ideas-primary-technologiesjvillis

3. Tinker and
Discover
Together...
Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
2 minute review of my previous
presentation:
1. My teaching is based on the Maker Movement, let’s get
kids tinkering (playing, hands-on).
2. My teaching is based on the Australian Technologies
Curriculum.
3. My teaching is based on the assumption that kids may
know more than us and learn quicker than we do.
4. It’s OK to make mistakes or admit you don’t know the
answer.
5. This session’s focus is CODING!

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Together...
Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
What are kids doing? They are using coding to
make apps. Watch Thomas Suzeras’s Ted talk
and what he has achieved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkd9TWUtFm0

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Coding for
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& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis Coding? App development? What? Where
do I start?

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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
By doing what kids do,
tinkering (exploring)!

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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Exploration Table 1: Makey Makey
Teacher Task 1:
a) Log onto an online game (ie space invaders ).
b) Draw the commands needed to play the game on a piece of paper
(arrows).
c) Connect the Makey Makey to a computer and use the alligator clips
to connect to the commands on the piece of paper.

8. Tinker and
Discover
Together...
Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Exploration Table 1: Makey Makey
If you asked student to complete task 1 you might like to use
the questions below for them to reflect on their discovery.
Remembering:
Draw a diagram to explain how Makey Makey works.
Understanding:
What will cause the Makey Makey to not work? How many
causes can you think of?
Applying:
What other objects do you think will work with Makey
Makey?
What other programs do you think might work?
Creating:
How might you set up the Makey Makey to test your ideas?

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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Exploration
Table 1: Makey
Makey
Teacher Task 2:
For this investigation use the
online Makey Makey piano
http://makeymakey.com/piano/
. Using the materials on the
table explore how to use the
Makey Makey with these items.

10. Tinker and
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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Exploration Table 1: Makey Makey
Teacher Task 3:
Something to try out later, a Makey MakeyWorkout. Feel free to give it
a go today?
http://vimeo.com/44137350

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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Exploration Table 2: Bee Bots
Teacher Task:
a) Work out how they work.
b) Write an algorithm an program your Bee Bot.
c) Write an algorithm and pass it to a colleague so they can program
the Bee Bot.
d) Look at the image on this slide. How might
this support student learning. Discuss.
e) Ask me for some applications for students.

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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Exploration Table 3: Scratch for PC
or Mac
Teacher Task:
a) Copy programs and resources from USB.
b) Install software.
c) Play.
d) Use support material if needed.
If you do not access the USB during this session you can download the
software for free at:
http://scratch.mit.edu/scratch_1.4/

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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Exploration Table 4: Coding
without technology
Teacher Task:
a) Stacking cups activity (I’ll explain)
b) Binary Coder PDF (laminated sheet to
explore)
c) Graph paper coding

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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Exploration Table 5: Coding with
iPad apps
Teacher Task:
a) Explore the apps on the iPads provided.
Kodable Daisy the Dinosaur
Bee Bot Hopscotch
Cargo Bot

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By Joanne
Villis
Exploration by yourself: Online Coding Resources
Teacher tasks:
a) Play the Maze online.
b) Take time to explore
Code.org.

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By Joanne
Villis
Exploration by yourself: TurtleArt
http://turtleart.org/programming/index.html

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Coding for
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& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
What do I want to explore next?
Sphero which is programmable using a
free app called MicroLab

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Coding for
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& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
What do I want to explore next?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlusxMHVAVo

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& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
What do I want to explore next?
Yana and Bo
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/28/play-i-robots/

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& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
What do I want to explore next?
Yenka Programming
http://www.yenka.com/en/Yenka_Programming/

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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Final note: What can kids invent
by tinkering? The sky is the limit!
Even if it is a toilet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR_CfFuDWQ8

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Coding for
Kids
& Teachers
By Joanne
Villis
Created by Joanne Villis for a presentation
at the IWBNet Oz Tech Conference 2014
http://intertecheducation.edublogs.org/
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