What a fantastic day!
Thanks to help from Mrs. Simpson, our Target teacher and Madeline and Wesley, two college students, our Keheley students in grades 2-5 were able to learn the basics of coding, or computer programming. We participated as part of the Georgia Day of Code and used the website http://studio.code.org/. Students chose to either learn how to make Anna and Elsa make snowflakes or work on some fun projects with Angry Birds, Scrat and Plants vs. Zombies. Many of our students were so excited that they likely went home and showed their parents what they learned. It was terrific to see such delight in learning a new idea!
Coding includes knowing how to problem solve as well as how to make your computer do what you want it to do. We learned many things; from understanding that the computer does EXACTLY what programmers tell it to do, no more, no less to figuring out how many degrees are in different angles. It was an incredibly eye-opening day!
Thanks to help from Mrs. Simpson, our Target teacher and Madeline and Wesley, two college students, our Keheley students in grades 2-5 were able to learn the basics of coding, or computer programming. We participated as part of the Georgia Day of Code and used the website http://studio.code.org/. Students chose to either learn how to make Anna and Elsa make snowflakes or work on some fun projects with Angry Birds, Scrat and Plants vs. Zombies. Many of our students were so excited that they likely went home and showed their parents what they learned. It was terrific to see such delight in learning a new idea!
Coding includes knowing how to problem solve as well as how to make your computer do what you want it to do. We learned many things; from understanding that the computer does EXACTLY what programmers tell it to do, no more, no less to figuring out how many degrees are in different angles. It was an incredibly eye-opening day!