Math comes to life when students apply their skills using computer programming! Students learn problem-solving skills and make concrete connections using angles, variables, and more. Learn free and easy apps you and your students can explore in an hour and use all year! Includes: Hopscotch, Kodable, Scratch, and Alice

1. Hour of Code:
A New Angle on PreK-12 Math
Install Hopscotch App
http://tiny.cc/HopscotchApp
Install Kodable App
http://tiny.cc/KodableApp

2. Hour of Code:
A New Angle on PreK-12 Math
Kim Garcia, Georgetown ISD
iPadpalooza 2014 Presentation

3. Hour of Code:
A New Angle on PreK-12 Math
http://tiny.cc/KimGarcia
@DigitalLearners

4. Kahoot Survey: Hour of Code
• Go to kahoot.it

5. What is the Hour of Code?
• www.code.org
• One-hour introduction to Computer Science
• Demystify “coding,” programming, and computer
science
• Anyone can learn the basics to be a:
– Programmer
– Creator
– Inventor

6. What is the Hour of Code?
• www.code.org
• Anyone Can Learn: 60 second video
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYZF6oIZtfc

7. Georgetown ISD’s Hour of Code
• Georgetown ISD’s Hour of Code Events
– Computer Science Education Week:
• December 9-13, 2013
• December 8-12, 2014
– http://www.georgetownisd.org/HourOfCode
• Student Success
– 4th Grade Boys and Girls Club Hour of Code participant:
“He turned 90 degrees – That’s a right angle!”

8. Connection Between
Math & Computer Science
(Programming/Coding)
• Computer Science is applied mathematics
• It is possible for students to learn a new
mathematical concept through programming
• Programming environments for kids help students
represent math concepts visually and allows
them to experiment on the representation
• Programming helps students develop problem-
solving skills, which translates well into the math
classroom

9. Kahoot Survey: Who Are You?
• Go to kahoot.it

10. An Hour of Code
in Your Math Classroom
• Hour of Code: Teach http://code.org/educate/hoc
• Hopscotch iPad
• Kodable iPad
• Scratch web-based
• Alice install
• And many more options!

11. Hopscotch
• iPad App
• Grades 3-8
• Math Concepts
– Units of measure
– Degrees, angles
– Coordinate plane: x, y coordinates

12. Pair Programming
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13. Hopscotch

14. Hopscotch
• Hopscotch Curriculum
– http://gethopscotch.com/parents-and-educators
• Hopscotch Hour of Code Tutorial
– http://hourofcode.com/hs

15. Talk to Your Partner
1. What are your ideas for
implementing Hopscotch in your
Math classroom?
2. Which Math TEKS
could be addressed
using Hopscotch?
Used with permission Image source

16. Ideas for Implementing
an Hour of Code
• Choose an activity & commit an hour of class
time. Learn with your students!
– Cover Math TEKS and Technology Applications TEKS
• Students continue their Hour of Code projects
in a center or when they finish their work
• Find ways for students to demonstrate math
understanding by coding it
– Word problems
– Projects

17. Kodable
• iPad App
• PreK – Grade 2

18. Talk to Your Partner
1. What are your ideas for
implementing Hopscotch in your
Math classroom?
2. Which Math TEKS
could be addressed
using Hopscotch?
Used with permission Image source

19. Scratch
Draws a
square
Draws a
shape with
more sides
& a “flower”
• Web-based
• Grades 3-12

20. Alice
• Install on a Computer
• Grades 6-12

21. More Resources for Connecting
Math & Programming
• Code.org Educator Resources
http://code.org/educate
– New K-5 Program: http://code.org/educate/k5
– K-8 Intro Course: http://code.org/educate/20hr
– K-12 Curriculum: http://code.org/educate/curriculum

22. More Resources for Connecting
Math & Programming
• David Wees: Learning Math Through
Programming
– http://davidwees.com/content/learning-math-through-
programming
• Bootstrap http://www.bootstrapworld.org/
– A curriculum that educates students in algebra and
computer programming simultaneously
– http://www.northeastern.edu/insolution/other/2013/07/bui
ld-a-game-learn-math-be-cool/

23. More Resources for Connecting
Math & Programming
• ComputerBasedMath.org http://www.computerbasedmath.org/
– Movement to build a new math curriculum with
computer-based computation at its heart
– Campaigning to redefine math education away from
historical hand-calculating techniques and toward real-
life problem-solving situations that drive high-concept
math understanding and experience
– TED Talks – Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real
math with computers
http://www.ted.com/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids
_real_math_with_computers.html
– WolframAlpha Computational Knowledge
Engine http://www.wolframalpha.com/

24. Hour of Code:
A New Angle on PreK-12 Math
http://tiny.cc/KimGarcia
@DigitalLearners