PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

CODING IN THE CLASSROOM

2016

Which of the following is a computer?

From www.helloruby.com

Hello Ruby

Workshop Outline

• What  is  coding?  • What  is  computa2onal  thinking?  

Decoding  the  terminology  

• Non-­‐digital  resources  •  Apps/Websites  

Tools  you  can  use  to  teach  coding  

Ge@ng  started  with  coding  

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Australian Curriculum Technologies

WA Curriculum Technologies

Technologies

Digital Technologies

Knowledge and

Understanding

Processes and Production

Skills

Design and Technologies

Knowledge and

Understanding

Processes and Production

Skills

WA Curriculum Digital Technologies

Digital Technologies

Knowledge and Understanding

Digital systems Representation of data

Process and Production

Skills

Collecting, managing and analysing data

Digital Implementation

Creating digital solutions by:

Investigating and defining Designing Producing and

implementing Evaluating Collaborating and managing

Non-Digital Activity Paper Coding

Technology Issues Computer troubles? No problem!

You can still teach (and learn) the basics of the Digital Technologies curriculum without any computer at all.

Code.org

Digital Activity Blockly

Scratch

Digital Activity Scratch Scratch Jr (only on tablets/phones)

Four Starter Lesson Ideas Try one of these lessons to get you started:

1. Graph Paper Programming – from code.org Students write an algorithm (a set of instructions) using a set of predefined commands to direct their classmates to reproduce a drawing.

2. Sequencing - from TheFoos.com Use the ‘test and learn’ strategy to problem solve how to give computers instructions in the correct order.

3. Battleships – from CSUnplugged.org Explore the types of algorithms computers use to search for information using a variation on the game of battleships.

4. How to use Scratch – from ABC Splash Series of 30 sec videos on how to create an interactive greeting card using Scratch.

Next Steps Choose one of the websites/apps you have heard about today to use in your classroom in the coming weeks.

• What do you want your students to learn from your lesson?

• What resources do you need to prepare for your lesson?

• How will you know if your lesson has been a success or not?

• When are you going to run the lesson?

• Decoding the terminology: •  What is coding? •  What is computational thinking?

• Tools you can use to teach coding • Getting started with coding  

Workshop Outline

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