TAKE AWAYS• Why code?

• Computational thinking

• Coding

• PLAY! with resources and tools

• Review ISB curriculum for coding opportunities

WHY CODE?

WHY CODE?

DISCUSSION

WHY CODE?

Sam Patterson

DISCUSSION

COMPUTATIONAL THINKING V.

CODING

COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

• Breaking larger, seeming unsolvable problems, into smaller solvable problems

• Build a list of instructions/steps to solve the problem

• AKA an algorithm

WHAT IS CODING?“Writing” a list of instructions to perform an action

TOOLS AND RESOURCES

COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

Younger Older

Lightbot Cargobot

Kodable Kodable

The Foos code.org

Code Monkey (Laptop)

Code Combat (Laptop)

PLAY TIME WITH COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

• Kodable

• Class code: passion

• Cargobot

CODING

Younger Older

Scratch jr. Scratch

Hopscotch Hopscotch

code.org code.org

The Foos Tynker

PLAY TIME WITH CODING

• Scratch Jr.

• code.org (Starwars)

CODING IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD

Younger Older

BeeBots Flying Drones

WeDo Robots WeDo Robots

Non Flying Drones MindStorms

PLAY TIME WITH BOTS

• BeeBots

• Drones with Tickle

VIRTUAL REALITY

• Google Cardboard• Oculus Rift• Google StreetView

CODING AND THE CURRICULUM

ES Curriculum Overview

KINDERGARTEN• KG Writing - Small Stories

From My Life

• KG Unit 1: Numbers to 10

• KG Unit 3: Comparison of Length, Weight, Capacity and Numbers to 10

• KG Unit 4: Number Pairs, Addition and Subtraction to 10

GRADE FIVE

• Gr 5 Social Studies: Human Response to Adversity

• G5 Unit 6: Problem Solving with the Coordinate Plane

• Gr 5 Social Studies: Human Response to Adversity

• Place Value and Decimal Fractions

COMPUTATIONAL THINKING, CODING AND DIVERSE LEARNERS

ISTE Standards

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