https://sites.google.com/a/stretchinstructor.com/k-8-programming-playground/lessons/ccss-math-in-action
Stay tuned for more lessons and debugging exercises!
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Lessons aligned to CCSS in math
Hi all...long weekend. I just wanted to post some of the lessons I have been working on. I have now created two CCSS math lessons aligned to 4th grade curriculum. It is quite time consuming to create the lessons, as each comes with a game that they play, download and then customize to make their own.
https://sites.google.com/a/stretchinstructor.com/k-8-programming-playground/lessons/ccss-math-in-action
Stay tuned for more lessons and debugging exercises!
https://sites.google.com/a/stretchinstructor.com/k-8-programming-playground/lessons/ccss-math-in-action
Stay tuned for more lessons and debugging exercises!
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Creating a BASIC digital story-telling project with only 3 programming blocks!
Worked on the first lesson today and finally have it ready for you to use. I will continue adding lessons/worksheets/ rubrics/ instructional videos through the remainder of the year. Please keep checking the Blog, for updates.
Here is the video:
and the worksheets (including a teacher resource page, student worksheet AND rubric) can be found on the following website page:
https://sites.google.com/a/stretchinstructor.com/k-8-programming-playground/lessons/digital-storytelling/grades-K-2
Here is the video:
and the worksheets (including a teacher resource page, student worksheet AND rubric) can be found on the following website page:
https://sites.google.com/a/stretchinstructor.com/k-8-programming-playground/lessons/digital-storytelling/grades-K-2
If you decide to try this, please feel free to let us know how it goes by providing a comment to this post.
What Most Schools Don't Teach...
So...how do we take the intimidation of coding (computer programming) out of the equation? "In the next ten years, there will be about 1.4 million jobs in computer science and only 400,000 qualified graduates to fill those jobs."
Please see the following video that stresses the importance of computational thinking and learning how to code (program). If you attended my classroom 2.0 live webinar yesterday, this video is a more detailed version of the one we previewed at the beginning before the session started. It REALLY is a powerful message and includes Bill Gates and a quote from Steve Jobs.
Stay tuned for my first instructional video geared toward my vision of K-8 computational thinking (programming) for all! I will be posting a video for the "newbies" that uses only three of the programming blocks and is easy enough for even the K-2'ers!
Please see the following video that stresses the importance of computational thinking and learning how to code (program). If you attended my classroom 2.0 live webinar yesterday, this video is a more detailed version of the one we previewed at the beginning before the session started. It REALLY is a powerful message and includes Bill Gates and a quote from Steve Jobs.
Stay tuned for my first instructional video geared toward my vision of K-8 computational thinking (programming) for all! I will be posting a video for the "newbies" that uses only three of the programming blocks and is easy enough for even the K-2'ers!
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Magnetism & Electricity Video Game
Video games can bring engagement through mastery of content. Bailey, a fourth grader who scored above an 80% on her pre-test for an up-coming unit on electricity and magnetism, decided to create a video game review for her classmates to use in preparation for their unit test.
Not only did Bailey increase her computational thinking skills, but she also scored a 100% on the post-test, as she had to know the content forward and backwards in order to create her game. Her classmates also found success in studying for their unit test, but evaluating and providing feedback to Bailey on the game she created.
When all was said and done, over 90% of the students received grades of 90% and above on their unit final. The lowest score was a 73%! Take a look at an up-close and personal interview with Bailey, as she shares her project and insights with you!
Not only did Bailey increase her computational thinking skills, but she also scored a 100% on the post-test, as she had to know the content forward and backwards in order to create her game. Her classmates also found success in studying for their unit test, but evaluating and providing feedback to Bailey on the game she created.
When all was said and done, over 90% of the students received grades of 90% and above on their unit final. The lowest score was a 73%! Take a look at an up-close and personal interview with Bailey, as she shares her project and insights with you!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Getting Started...Install Scratch
Video tutorial on how to install Scratch on your computer and/or directions a network technology director will need in order to install on your server for ALL students to use.
https://sites.google.com/a/stretchinstructor.com/k-8-programming-playground/teacher-introduction
https://sites.google.com/a/stretchinstructor.com/k-8-programming-playground/teacher-introduction
Monday, January 28, 2013
Video Game creation for learning!
Throughout the school year, students create PowerPoints, Prezis, Digital Stories, Posters, etc...why not create a video game?
My daughter has a teacher who does an excellent job differentiating for the needs of her students. Thus when Bailey showed an interest in electricity and compacting through the unit, she allowed her to create a video game to help her classmates review for the test.
Needless to say, she earned a 100% on the final unit test and she new the content forward and backward. In the process of creating the game, she really had to "know her stuff!"
Her classmates had a lot of fun reviewing with the game and test scores were higher than normal for the entire class! Many students now want to learn how to create these games.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
A website that is "GOLDEN!"
Came across a "GOLDEN" website full of resources!
A lot of great resources and has a curriculum that you can download. Please pass this one along!
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