It’s everywhere! It’s relevant, engaging and your students will love it! If you’ve not started coding with your own class then now is the time to start. Coding with the Hopscotch app puts learning back in the hands of students Recently we’ve been working with schools in the Hunter Valley and introducing them to a new exciting world. The first day saw us working with a group of Year 7 to 10 students, predominately boys. The second they discovered they were creating their own video game on the Hopscotch app, we had them. As an introduction to coding, Hopscotch is fantastic! Visual enough to be accessible to junior school coders but with enough complexity to pull in secondary students. We set t
September's awesome app is ArtSet. This little gem allows students to create amazing art work without the mess. There's two versions, Normal and Pro. Students can transpose an image and work on it adding their own touches, or simply create a masterpiece. It has all the different brushes and mediums such as acrylic, pastels and charcoal. Purists will tell you that it's not the same as 'real art', but then they probably aren't clearing up after 30 kids on a friday afternoon! :-) #Appreview #ClassroomApp #Coreapp
Lots of classroom based learning taking place up in Cessnock. We placed a focus on students teaching teachers. One of the key concepts being 'Ask three before me'. This frees up the teacher to become a facilitator. The students loved the fact that they were teaching staff. Some amazing moments during our coding sessions where students who had struggled academically, suddenly found that coding was something they excelled at. Goosebump moments for everyone. Thank you Cessnock Public. See you soon. #codingtraining #Staffdevelopment
