Coding Class
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West Chester, Ohio, United States
About the store
I taught middle school students for 13 years as a science teacher. Two years ago, I approached my administration with an idea for a "Coding and Robotics STEM Lab" that we could offer as an after-school activity. During the meeting, I mentioned to my Principal that I really thought that the idea "could and should" be a class offered during the school day. Her response? "I think we can make that happen."
With tremendous support from my District and from our community foundation, this idea has become a reality!
In the following two years, I have learned a tremendous amount about teaching computer programming to middle-school aged students. I created most of my curriculum on my own and I'm looking forward to making my resources available to you!
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Scratch Lesson One - The Stage
I'm just getting set up - I'm planning on posting a full set of Scratch lessons soon - with more to come! If you're interested in computer science materials, just click the "Follow" button to make sure you are notified when I post more materials!
In this brief lesson, students will gain a level of comfort with the Scratch 2.0 IDE, as well as understanding how to move their sprites around on the stage.
As a bonus, students will practice about on the coordinate plane graphing system!
4th - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, Graphing
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About the store
Experience
I taught middle school students for 13 years as a science teacher. Two years ago, I approached my administration with an idea for a "Coding and Robotics STEM Lab" that we could offer as an after-school activity. During the meeting, I mentioned to my Principal that I really thought that the idea "could and should" be a class offered during the school day. Her response? "I think we can make that happen."
With tremendous support from my District and from our community foundation, this idea has become a reality!
In the following two years, I have learned a tremendous amount about teaching computer programming to middle-school aged students. I created most of my curriculum on my own and I'm looking forward to making my resources available to you!
Teaching style
I am a strong believer in the idea that students should be doing most of the work in the classroom. I try to keep my full-class instructional time down to less than 10 minutes per class period. Then, the students are off on their own, problem solving and solving challenges. I spend the rest of the bell giving students individual, one-to-one assistance on their individual problems and concerns.
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