This week’s topic was Coding for Kids. 

This is something really interesting and a little new to me as I had no coding experience in school. Coding is now a part of the BC curriculum and something that is highly valuable for learners and can be taught in a variety of different ways.

I really appreciated in the class the ability to look at a variety of coding tools for students and I explored, scratch and I found this tool really interesting. 

Here is a screen capture of using scratch. 

Some tools we explored in class seemed simple and accessible for all students. Whereas other tools were a little more difficult to use or didn’t seem as useful for teaching. I think the variety of tools that are available is great and teachers can find new ways to introduce the concepts of coding to their students.