CODING

The ES Ed Tech team has been transforming the LOFT into a creative indoor 'playground' for students where the SAS DSLOs (character, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, content knowledge, and cultural competence) are finding traction.

The learning activities are organized under 5 themes: Art, Building, Coding, Engineering, and Filmmaking. Then each theme has various stations where students can explore, make, and innovate based on Challenge Cards specific to that station.  Challenge Cards come in levels as well to take into consideration that students from ages 5-11 use this space.


In addition, students are tracking their progress with the use of a Creation Stations Passport.  They must note down which station they completed (under the correct theme) and demonstrate and/or explain to a teacher which level they accomplished.  Success is noted with an 'Explorer', 'Maker', or 'Innovator' stamp in the student's passport.    

Join us in the Loft the week of November 30th at 1 of the 11 times offered to learn more about computer programming, how it can be integrated into a common core standards curriculum, and participate in some hands-on practice.

KG-G2 coding apps we will explore are:

• Bee-Bot 
• Kodable
• Daisy the Dinosaur
• Scratch Jr.

G3-G5 coding apps we will explore are:

• Tynker
• Lightbot
• A.L.E.X.
• Hopscotch