After coming back from Techpalooza, I was inspired to integrate more coding into my classroom by Peter Abt ( twitter.com/pabt65). His workshops were all about how to use Scratch Jr and Sphero in subjects such as Math and design thinking challenges. If you check out his blog (teachingwiththeipad.com/) you will find some great lessons that are easy to implement in your classroom, even if you are like me and not very "code-minded". The first challenge we did was to create a simple math game to teach a Year 2 some basic number knowledge facts such as odd and even. Before we started we used some lessons designed by Scratch to learn the basics... their website is fantastic to help you learn how to use the App if you are new to it ( www.scratchjr.org/teach/curricula/playground/full) I got the children to work in small groups to plan their math game, thinking about what their objective was and what they wanted their game to look like. We worked together to create a game of our own then they got busy creating their game independently and they LOVED it!
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We are still in the process of writing our stories - check out our blog to follow the teaching of this topic. 21.blogs.takp.school.nz/our-writing/seven-sentence-story/. Watch this space... more to come! Here are some examples of our work |
Trudi FausettLearning in my space is now all about what the children can create with the new knowledge they have learnt. It’s about using all the tools available to showcase their understanding to a much wider audience. I find it so inspiring that I can connect children’s learning with their own unique creativity in so many more ways. Archives
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