DFI DAY 8
DFI day Whitu: Computational thinking
Empowered learners and empowered teachers. The word empowered is preferred over the word agency to avoid misconceptions around the meaning of the word agency when used in Manaiakalani.
"The greatest joy comes from empowering students to discover their own abilities and recognise that they are the designers of their future".
Today we discussed algorithms and coding and their role in computational thinking, and followed this up through experimenting with various coding sites and applications. I had a go at Flappy Bird and Minecraft - which I enjoyed and can see my students enjoying as well. These two sites are a great entry level introduction to these skills which could be useful for some of my students who struggled when using GameFroot in class this year. Beginning with 1 of these sites could be a great way to scaffold them through the coding process.
We then split into groups where I had a go at creating an interactive Scratch that could be a great tool to use in my class - it was great to see how easy/fun it can be to set up a Scratch that can be used for a range of learning opportunities (maths, writing etc). Here is my attempt below. This is definitely a task I could take back to my learners as a stepping stone into GameFroot.
Ka pai Rebecca. Love the Scratch project, it was good to dust off some times tables facts! I think you're right, the Minecraft and Flappy Bird resources would be great scaffold for students to move onto Gamefroot eventually. Kia pai te mutunga wiki!
ReplyDeleteI love the Scratch project. This is a great way to integrate our learning areas as well fostering logical thinking and problem solving. There is such a lot of dofferent literacies involved as well.
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