Integrating Coding in the Classroom
Integrating Coding in the Classroom
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Monday
Monday
Welcome to week 4 of March Badgeness, our final week!
Did you know that coding doesn’t have to be a stand alone skill? It can be integrated into the classroom through the curriculum you’re already teaching! Check out what these teachers have to say about the CS Connections Cross-Disciplinary Curricula. Code.org is not the only organization who created lessons that make connections between coding and other content areas. Every tool we’ve explored so far this month also offers cross-curricular resources and lessons. Let’s take some time to explore them. Use the filters to narrow down your search to subjects, topics, and grade levels that specifically interest you. Discover how easy it is to find activities that fit into what you’re already teaching in your classroom! 🥳
The Coding Journeys offer examples of how to integrate coding into various subject areas, including numbers, words, shapes, and more. You'll find helpful tips and lesson ideas for each journey to the right of the mat when you click on it.
Search the Learning Library to find individual lessons or units. Filter by grade, subject, robot type, content type, and language to see how Root Robot can be integrated into various subject areas.
Search lessons to see how to integrate coding into various subject areas using Ozobots. Filter by coding method, robot type, grade, subject, duration, and lesson author.
Modules and lessons that make connections between learning computer science (CS) and other subjects like math, language arts, science, and social studies.
Units of work and design challenges that can be filtered by programming language, subjects, topics, and age groups. If you’re looking to integrate CSDF and other subject standards, this menu’s filters make those connections easy to find!
Tuesday
Tuesday
As you saw in last Thursday’s Hello World activity, Sprite Lab is a block-based programming environment where you can make simple animations and games with objects and characters that interact with each other. The possibilities are endless. As asked in the video at the end of the activity, “What will you create?”
*You will have the rest of this week to continue working on this project. It will be shared with the class on our website at the end of the week.
Integrating Sprite Lab into Classroom Curriculum
Objective:
Teachers develop creative projects that integrate foundational coding concepts with their subject area to enhance student engagement, making learning more dynamic and participatory.
Materials:
Computers or tablets with internet access
Access to Code.org account
**Please refer to the Code.org email that was sent on 3/3 for your account information.**
Instructions:
If you need a refresher of how to use Sprite Lab, please refer to last week’s “Hello World: Space” activity.
Sign into the Code.org account that was given to you for this course. Click “New Project” at the top right corner, then select “Sprite Lab.”
Click the “Rename” button in the top left corner and name it with your name, a dash, and what you teach. (Example: Heather Shaffer - Technology)
Get creative! The sky's the limit. You are experiencing Sprite Lab as a student, so create something that you could have your students create - an exemplar project. Some ideas could be the following:
interactive timeline for a history lesson
digital lab to simulate a scientific concept
math game that reinforces problem solving skills
interactive story or digital poetry with animated illustrations
cultural immersion experience with scenes from other countries or historical points of interest
Consider your curricular connection and instructional goals. What skills are your students learning or reinforcing? Refine your ideas along the way as your project takes shape.
Example: Heather Shaffer - Math “Cow Quest: The Grazing Grid”
Play my game and click “How it Works” to see my code. 😊
Reflection:
Think about how Sprite Lab can be used to support different learning styles and needs.
Consider creating your own code.org teacher account to use with your students.
(Code.org was on the 24-25 MORIC Free “Opt-In List” and is Ed-Law 2D compliant for student use. Check with your district to be sure that they have signed this agreement before using it with students. You may also need to work with your district’s technology coordinator to enable Google sign-in if you want to utilize the Google Classroom integration option.)
Wednesday
Wednesday
Many educators have created their own materials and shared them online either for free through social media and blogs or for a small cost through sites like Teachers Pay Teachers. We encourage you to build your professional learning network and connect with other like-minded educators to share ideas and resources! Please add to our Crowdsourced PLN Map! 📍🗺️ Drop links to favorite blogs, podcasts, groups, or people to follow. We have added a few notable people to consider following too!
Continue working on your Sprite Lab project today. If you have questions along the way, don’t hesitate to email us. We’re more than happy to help!
Thursday
Thursday
When we introduced ourselves at the beginning of the month, you may have noticed some of the projects we’ve been working on with the teachers in the districts we support. Check out some of Allison’s and Heather’s coding projects. Do any of them inspire you? Send us an email. We’d love to hear from you and chat more about how you can incorporate these projects into your own classrooms!
Continue working on your Sprite Lab projects today. We can’t wait to see what you’ve created!
Friday
Friday
You made it! You really rocked this month! We hope you enjoyed your fourth week of March Badgeness! This final week you’ve had the opportunity to bring it all together and apply all the concepts you’ve learned. As you reflect on your experience with integrating coding into your classroom and developing your own project aligned to your curriculum and instructional goals, tell us about it in this Google Form to earn your final badge.
Please take a moment to give us some feedback about March Badgeness by filling out our Model Schools PD Feedback Form. We hope you enjoyed this experience and will join us again for future Model Schools workshops, webinars, book studies, and professional development opportunities!
Congratulations! Your completion of March Badgeness enters you into a raffle to win a Blue-Bot or Pro-Bot! 🎉 But that’s not all—just for participating, you’ll receive an exclusive 20% off coupon for a robot purchase from Terrapin as our way of saying thank you for completing our course. We want to give a huge shout out to Terrapin and thank them for partnering with us in our March Badgeness journey this year!
** In order to qualify for the robot raffle, all four weekly badge submissions must be turned in by 6:00 AM on Monday, March 31st.
🎉 Raffle Winners 🎉
Blue-Bot: Naybell
Pro-Bot: Ashley
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