Tech skills are necessary skills for the future. Coding is a great way to get students thinking about tech and coding is fun; at least that's been my experience with my third graders!
We started off by talking about future career aspirations and how technology might factor in. We talked about the fact that a job a classmate might be doing in the future may not even exist yet! Then we watched a quick intro video, reviewed the vocabulary (sequence, loop, repeat, run, debug) and blocks, and jumped right into the Scratch Jr challenges. They were hooked immediately.
What I heard:
Can I share my program?
Look what I figured out, you can add speech bubbles to your characters!
Wow, you can record your own voice!
Can we do this next week?
I figured out how to change the speed and direction.
Cool, I can customize my characters!!
What I saw:
I saw students helping one another.
I saw students collaborating on their project creations.
I saw engaged students.
I saw excited students.
We all saw some pretty cool programming as students shared their programs on the big screen (using air server).
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