Course Content

It is time to code!

Welcome to the main page for Multimedia. The focus of this class is to introduce students to coding. Learning to code has many benefits. Coding can be an important job skill. In addition, it teaches students to be logical and develop problem-solving skills. These skills can be useful in the workforce now and in the future.

Don't worry if your student does not have any experience with coding. We will be going through this step by step as a class. There are additional enrichment activities for students who have worked ahead.

Code.Org: Computer Science discoveries

Our coding curriculum comes from Code.org, an educational website that provides coding curricula around the world. It is a three-part program that teaches students HTML, JavaScript (in block form), and cellphone interface programming. It is designed for middle school students.

The content is divided by grade level:

  • 6th Grade- Web Lab- students will design a web page with HTML and CSS.

  • 7th Grade- Game Lab- students will learn how to animate sprites, leading to creating simple games.

  • 8th GRade- App Lab- students will use a smartphone emulator to program external devices.

Web Lab