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I'm pretty much winging it with the Middle Schoolers. Normally I throw a quick demo up on the big screen, talk about it for a couple of minutes pointing out wha
by wiredfool 15y ago
I'm pretty much winging it with the Middle Schoolers. Normally I throw a quick demo up on the big screen, talk about it for a couple of minutes pointing out what it does that they were struggling with in the last class.
Then they work on doing something interesting while I answer questions and ask "What happens if...".
- hsshah 15y agoIn case you are interested, there is a curriculum that ScratchEd team has developed. http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/scratch-curriculum-guide-overview-august-2011-webinar http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/scratch-curriculum-... Personally, I also "wing it". I encourage them to come up with ideas for games, animations that implicitly requires them to cover all aspects of "computational thinking". It's implicitly because I don't want them to think of this as too academic; let them have fun while learning (for a change!)
- wiredfool 15y agoLooks interesting -- they posted that a week or two after I was searching. We're heavily into animations and games right now, including one where the student is building up space invaders, one complication at a time.