As I established yesterday, I don’t like bulletin boards and I do like stealing ideas from other people. It’s ironic that I have posted two bulletin board pictures on this blog from my classroom in the last month since it is my least favorite part of setting up my classroom – but it makes more sense … Read more
Have you done your Hour of Code, yet? So far, I’ve done 8.5 hours of coding this week with my students in various grade levels – with more hours to add today and tomorrow! We’ve used Scratch, Hopscotch, and a board game called Robot Turtles (which I will be describing in detail in tomorrow’s post). For more ideas for Programming for … Read more
I’m finally introducing my third graders to programming. We are studying systems thinking this year, and I feel like computer programming fits right into this. This group has not been exposed to programming, yet. So, I thought I would use a fun activity suggested by Kodable in its Learning Guide to get the ball rolling. … Read more
For many of us, at least in the United States, another school year is over. Even as we eagerly embark on our rejuvenation journeys for the summer, you might be thinking, as I am, of new ideas for the next school year. This week, I would like to share some of the improvements I hope … Read more