Week 13: Coding
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You’ve seen the craze for learning code. But what exactly is coding? Coding is what makes it possible for us to create computer software, apps and websites. Your browser, your OS, the apps on your phone, Facebook, and this website – they’re all made with code. Here’s a simple example of code, written in the Python language: print 'Hello, world!'Many coding tutorials use that command as their very first example, because it’s one of the simplest examples of code you can have – it ‘prints’ (displays) the text ‘Hello, world!’ onto the screen. |
Learning Objectives:
1. Students will define “coding” as both a noun and verb, and explain–as crudely or precisely as they are able–how code works.
2. Students will compare and contrast code to poetry and cooking recipes. 3. Students will identify the pros and cons of self-directed learning as it relates to learning code. 4. Students will identify three unique resources for teaching themselves to code. 5. Students will locate and explain two different coding communities, and how they can help that student learn coding. 6. Students will identify three coding apps that work for them, and explain why that app works for them better than another. See here, for example. 7. Students will identify and define three html tags, and explain what each does. 8. Students will create three two-dimensional figures, and 1 three-dimensional figure. 9. Students will name 3 “basic coding” projects, and 3 “master coding” projects, and give examples of each. (Think shapes, bouncing balls, and basic web pages, vs multimedia pages, apps, and video games, etc.) 10. Students will analyze a simple web page for its fundamental structure. |
Assignment #1 - Sign Up for Tynker
1. Go to http://www.tynker.com/schools
login with their school account: enter this class ID (76002001) 6th Period enter this class ID (16244305) 7th Period |
Assignment #2 - Lesson 1
Begin working on the introductory lesson for coding. on Tynker.