To celebrate Computer Science Education Week we utilized the Blockly App through Wonder Workshop to give students the opportunity to learn coding with the Dash and Dot robots. Blockly is a drag and drop visual programming tool where kids can perform challenges or create their own programs for Dash and Dot to do. In many of their regular third and fourth grade classes, club members had the chance to try out programs and games at hourofcode.com. Many of the activities that are offered on this site are perfect introductions to coding and we were able to reinforce those concepts with the Blockly App. This app looks and feels very similar to the blocks of code used at the website, and the students were able to grasp concepts easily and show their learning through programming their robots. Club members wore their newly purchased T-shirts for the first time at this meeting. We love these shirts and wore them proudly. Having the shirts really gave us a sense of unity and belonging and they are also super cute!
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AuthorMrs. G - elementary tech enthusiast! Third grade teacher at Hornung and super excited to lead this STEM based club at our school! Archives
March 2017
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