This reflective writing is precisely focused on computer programming (scratch ) taught to one of

Today I arrived at 8: 30. I organised the classroom and made it ready for pupils to come. After assembly we did some time table practice. Next we had a new lesson for numeracy skills and I supported a group of students. L. O. Was about the name of 2 D shapes and how can we recognise them. First Miss B explained about the topic and she draw the shapes on the bored.

I teach eighth grade Language Arts in a Jr-Sr. High school that is located in a predominantly farming community. My classroom is located in the Jr. High hallway, in the rear of the high school. Within my classroom, there are thirty student desks situated in groups of 6 with two small tables at the front of my room that are used for paper pick up. My desk and a computer desk are in the rear corner of the room. The students all have their own Chromebooks and I have a desktop computer as well as a Samsung Tablet. Which allows for a lot more diverse learning. Google Classroom is used daily as well as many other applications suited for 1:1 schools. In addition to my computer I have a projector hanging

In a recent program, students worked with the College of Integrated Science and Technology. Professors from four different departments created a hands-on experience for the scholars. First, scholars learned about the ethics of science and technology by creating a short story with a monster and drawing out how the story should go. In the next session, scholars put their stories to life using MIT’s Scratch program, a basic and fun introduction to coding. The goal of these programming days is to teach the scholars a new skill they can develop, as well as to introduce to them to activities, and possibly careers, which they may not have been familiar with. Each programming day ends with a free lunch provided to each of the 70

After completing the CodeHS loop concepts and started the Space Needle and Rocket loop assignments. After working through the loops I came back and surveyed how they felt it went. While the program requires students to complete tasks specifically the CodeHS way (the auto grading), many students found this helpful. The next step is to begin to work on the projects. Reflection on the needs of my students, allowing incorporation of CodeHS and move from the SAMR Model Augmentation to Modification. The tool is a direct substitute with improvements of video and immediate feedback, although to transform instruction for significant project/task redesign, would seem to be difficult without the instructor's understanding and knowledge of the content. The one thought that I had, I experiment and work constantly to reach the point where I don’t strictly follow a book. The colleague that I will support is teaching Java for the first time has only some experience with Visual Basic. I find myself reflecting on how to structure support for him as he teaches. The push for Computer Science teachers is increasing and schools are looking everywhere, even at their math and science teachers. While they might have a little experience, supporting them is paramount to their success and the success of

Sharon Chapain began her first two years of college at the University of Florida, where she pursued different career paths. At her father’s request she enrolled in some computer courses, where the first class in the course was a programming class. In this class Sharon felt completely out of her element, for most of the students in this class had been pursuing and working with computers their whole life. Sharon didn’t feel that this class was where she was meant to go in her career. She subdued the computer courses and focused on the basics.

I’m officially part of the TreeHacks team here at Stanford, which means I’ll be contributing to create the best hackathon in the world that is committed to helping beginners discover the joy of building, including you. You were enthusiastic about starting to code, but you didn’t know if taking a computer science course was the right decision.

My love for programming and engineering began in 6th grade, the year I joined the robotics club. Ever since then, I’ve been building and coding robots and designing a couple of games. Now, my interests have grown to a point where I see it as a potential profession. I intend to get more engineering experiences and to get a surplus education at the Governor’s STEM academy at Landstown. I am applying to this academy as there are so many different programs to use skills and feed interests. Competitions and clubs will give me more practice in teamwork, troubleshooting, and the entire engineering and design processes. As a result, I hope these will prepare me for my career, if I continue with it. To be a good programmer, you have to know what you’re

He twiddles with his pen, back and forth, clicking it only so often. He speaks with clarity, and confidence, occasionally pausing in between, but he makes his point clear. “My best strength is my logical ability. If there is a problem, I will find a way to solve it.”, exclaims Christian. He aspires to be a programmer at Google, a multi-billionaire company that possesses some of the greatest minds of innovation and problem solving of our time. His passion started from the early age of 4, when he was introduced to computers by his own volition, while at the same time being inspired by his father, who also holds a technological position at his workplace. His love of programming and coding stems from not only his early roots, but as well as his pastimes such as videogames, in which he tinkers with, and enhances them for his own enjoyment.

Life is a process. From the day we are born to the day we pass away, we go through experiences of happiness and sadness. Every day in between, we work on ourselves to make ourselves the best versions possible. This is similar programming. When programming, we go through a series of trials to make the program the best possible version of itself. Once something new is discovered, that program continues to build. I am applying to this Stevens Program because my curiosity drives me to learn more even during the summertime. Ever since my brother, Kenny, explained to me his experiences of coding, I was inquisitive about coding since. It seemed like people created something out of nothing. They would begin with a simple, miniscule idea and turn this

Many of today’s school children will end up working in jobs that aren’t yet around. Coding skills are vital if they are to keep up in a fast-changing job market that will need imagination, mental agility, and flexibility. Automation could wipe out 40% of Australian jobs in the next 10 -15 years. That is equivalent to around 5 million jobs over the next two decades. The safest jobs will be the ones that combine social skills and

Here, their visuo-spatial sketchpad plays a very important role as the students in the Mini Quiz

This experience taught me some classroom management skills. These include keeping students on track with the lesson and making sure they are engaging with the material. I also learned how to reinforce good behavior and participation

For children interested in computers and other tech this invention just might be what you want.To jumpstart their future tech-y careers, many apps, toys and games are available to teach coding and computer science skills to kids. The variety can be dizzying. Live Science spoke with some educators, who seem to agree that open-ended play and the ability to "scale up" in complexity as a child grows older are useful rules of thumb when deciding which ones to purchase.

I was really surprised to see how well the students were able to work. The student that I suspected to have a special need worked very well too. When I was walking around I noticed that a lot of the children were a different

So we trying to keep the real strenghts of this Education form made by Lego, which one of them is the „fun for children to learn”, and making an already not made program which helps children to solve problems, doing tasks and get some experience about the world with playful studying mixed with team-work via the internet.