Tomorrow we are having our official Code-A-Thon in celebration of the #hourofcode. If you haven't heard of this, please watch the following videos to get a better idea.
We have be preparing by exploring several coding apps. Some of the apps we have looked at include:
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| Kodable |
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| Tynker |
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| Run Marco! |
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| Daisy the Dinosaur |
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| Lightbot |
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| Scratch Jr |
All of these apps are available free for iPads.
We started with Kodable and it seems to be the favourite. Some of the other apps require reading to follow instructions. Students from grade 4 and 5 will be coming to visit tomorrow to help us navigate some of the apps that require reading instructions.
Our plan for the Code-A-Thon is to watch some of the coding videos, Skype with one of the creators of Kodable, teach the grade 1's how to code, and explore some new coding apps with the grade 4 and 5 students.
All of this should earn us our official #hourofcode!
Will you try an hour of code too?
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