Week 7 - Digital learning challenge

This week we were asked to have a go at code monster and Khan academy sites. Both introductions to JavaScript. Using code to draw objects by learning and having a go at manipulating this code.

Code Monster

Khan Academy

With having used this coding before in high school (when I use to make my own websites) I found these two websites very easy to follow through the instructions, allowing me to understand this simple coding of shapes and colouring. I could see how the use of these in the classroom would benefit my students in starting to understand this computer coding.

Once my students are showing understanding of using this code, I could create a game for them to show me this understanding by following the instructions to create what is asked. 

With links to - Processes and Production skills strand of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies F-2 band: 

Follow, describe and represent a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve simple problems (ACTDIP004)

The game could be to design your initials using many colours using the unplugged environment now that they understand on how this coding works. Once the class has been successful in achieving this the students could take turns at coming up to the front and share their code by doing on the electronic whiteboard so the whole group can share on their successes. To take this further once everyone has their lettering we could then see how we could join these lettering on the screen to form words (whole names) etc. A student could come up and put a code in for the 1st letter, then choose someone else to come up and write in the 2nd code for the 2nd letter and so on until a whole word is achieved on the screen.