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What curriculum do you use? I am working on a project in the space, I would love to ask you some questions if you don't mind!
by tonydiv 9y ago
What curriculum do you use?
I am working on a project in the space, I would love to ask you some questions if you don't mind!
- patja 9y agoI've developed my own curriculum over the past 6 years or so of teaching using it. I have a series of assignments I created to get them to build simple games and music videos, leaving a maximum of latitude for individual creativity around the content, while requiring use of specific programming concepts. I also teach how to edit music and images for importing to Scratch, including transparency and layering. Honestly I think that is some of the more broadly useful stuff in my class -- so many of these kids have no idea how to crop and resize a photo or cut out a portion and make a transparent background. We also cover US Fair Use and intellectual property laws. I only get each class for about a dozen 55 minute classes per year which really makes me streamline my approach for a minimum of lecture and maximum hands-on time, which can be a challenge, but on the other hand I get 100% of the student body passing through my course, so I get the chance to teach all learners, those with desire and aptitude and those who come in saying "I'm no good at technology" and leave with a sense of pride in what they've achieved.
- tonydiv 9y agoThat is really cool, I really like how you're incorporating their creations into a broader context. It aligns really well with Tom Little's concepts of making school more of a holistic education that is intertwined with social justice, personal responsibility, and so on. What's your email? I would love to get some feedback on a project I'm working on from teachers in the space. I'm a teacher too :) It's a live 1-to-1 or 1-to-2 online coding course for kids: http://block.school http://block.school