1. Introducing Coding To Your Classroom
Linda Jones
The Eighth floor

2. Objectives
Understand how coding hits the 4C’s of 21st Century Classrooms
Understand the tools available for coding
Be able to facilitate unplugged activities with students
Build a list of benefits of using coding activities
Create a coding lesson to be used at your school
4 C’s- Communication- Sharing thoughts, questions, ideas, & solutions. Collaboration- Working together to reach a goal, putting talent, expertise and smarts to work. Critical Thinking- Looking at problems in a new way, linking learning across subjects & disciplines. Creativity- Trying new approaches to get things done equals innovation & invention.

4. Opening Activity
Create a bracelet or bookmark with code that spells out your last name.
Discuss with someone you do not know, figure out their name and discuss the purpose of the activity.
Lesson Plan:

5. Activity Summary What skills and emotions were used/found?
Could you do this with your kids?

6. UnPlugged Activity Create a suncatcher.
2. Think about the skills involved to successful complete the task.
3. Use the Skills Sheet to write down the steps in the “Program” area.
Lesson Plan:

7. Activity Summary What did we learn?
What items did you use that could have been “variable” from person to person?
Can you think of anything else that we could group together once and call easily over and over again?
Try the activity with the chorus for Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes.

8. Why teach coding?

9. Summary of the Stats Teach them a skill for life
Should we teach computer science, Pat Yongpradit

10. Fostering logical thinking
Fostering problem solving
Fostering coding skills
Attracting students to computer science
Fostering employability in ICT sector.

11. Rules to follow when teaching coding

12. Get Frustrated Life Skill Establishes grit in our students
Develops problem solving skills
Forces students to think outside the box

13. Learn from Failure
Keep doing it until you do it better.
Fail forward.

14. Student Experts Domain 3C “Engage students in learning”
Students are engaged in game like situations.
Being an expert,they will be engaged.
Develop collaboration.

15. Ask 3 Before Me Collaboration Team Work Communication
Critical Thinking Skills

16. Pair Programming

17. Establish Vocabulary https://code.org/curriculum/docs/k-5/glossary
Unplugged activites on Code.org scaffolds this well.
Examples:
loop
conditional
algorithm
computational thinking

18. Let’s try it Decide which level you want to try:
Course 1 - Suitable for non-readers
Course 2 - Suitable for stronger readers
Course 3 - Suitable for Course 2 graduates
Hour of Code - Suitable for older students

19. More advanced ways
Apply the pythagorean theorem to determine the distance between two points in a coordinate system.
Example video:
Could you have kids do something like this in your class?

20. Think/Pair/Share Thoughts
Where could this be implemented into your class
Advantages
Disadvantages

21. Types of Coding Block-based programming Good introduction
Students are able to drag and drop code
Script-based programming
Involves typing skills
Needs to be accurate
Most higher level programming

22. Sites to learn/teach students to code

23. Unplugged Activities https://code.org/curriculum/docs/k-5/complete.pdf
Binary Baubles
CS Unplugged
Fuzz Family Frenzy
My Robotics Friend

24. Web Based Block Based Code.org Tynker Scratch Mit App Inventor 2
Google CS First
Script Based
Code Academy
Codecombat
Code HS
Khan Academy
Code School
Oracle Academy

25. Android Apps
LightBot
RoboZZle Droid
SpaceChem Mobile
Scratch
Tynker

26. Ipad Apps Daisy the Dinosaur GamePress Hopscotch Kodable ScratchJr
Tynker

27. Dot and Dash Program them to do different things Must have a Tablet

28. Sphero http://www.sphero.com/sphero Control via mobile device
Program to do different things
Control via mobile device
Android & Apple Free Apps

29. BB-8 by Sphero
Recognizes your voice, can record, send and view virtual holographic videos
IOS, Android and Windows compatible.

30. Ozobot 2.0
Ozobot Bit blends coding and creativity. It’s easy to program Ozobot Bit. Control your robot with OzoCodes by simply drawing lines and color segments

31. Downloads PC or Mac Based http://www.alice.org/index.php
AgentSheets (Scalable Game Creation)
Panther

32. Resources Code.org Hello Ruby Khan Academy Made with Code
Google’s Computer Science for High School
CS-First
Coding in the Elementary Grades
Twitter
#kidscancode -- Tuesdays at 8 PM
#codecurious
#csk8 Wednesdays at 8 PM
#hour of code

33. Resources
Pinterest.com
Chris Madeira,
(Slide creator)