Binary Code NecklaceCoding doesn't have to always be done on computers; coding can also be wearable! At the start of their programming unit, grade 2 students learned about binary code and how it is the foundation of all programming languages. Students then created a necklace using beads to spell out their names in binary code.
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Sphero Olympics |
Who doesn't love the Olympics; especially when it's robots completing! As part the school pastoral care program, I spent time with the 4th and 5th grade dorm students after school, preparing them to be Olympic Champions. Their training prepared them for the Sphero Olympics which was held in front of the whole school and stream lived. Three teams competed in both individual and team events. Individual events included: Bridge Bowling, The Chariot Race and The Giant Slalom. The highlight of the event was the team challenge of programing their Sphero through a maze.
Click here to view the entire event filmed with a 360 camera, it is recommended to view it with a VR headset. |
Cupcake CartsChocolate is the best motivator! Grade 2 & 3 robotic students were only allowed to enjoy the baked goodie I made them after they built and programmed a robot to retrieve the treat from me and deliver it to them.
(Resources were Lego WeDo 2.0) |
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Code a FriendKindergarten proves it's never to early to start teaching coding concepts!
Using hand signals kindergarteners "programmed" each other to follow a series of commends to make their way their a maze, ending on a hidden print out of a strawberry. 
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Grade 2 Market DayEach year grade 2 students host a market day where they sell good & services. (Math unit: money, supply & demand + Social Studies units: good and services).
Right: Example of a service for sale: group of students set up a green screen photo booth using the app DoInk, you could chose from 15 different backgrounds & several props. 100% student created & produced. Below: Example of goods for sale: Students had access to the MakerSpace materials to create products for sale: paper puppets, dream catchers, origami and so much more.
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10 Step-By-Step Directions
Collaborating on a shared Google Slide presentation students created a 10 step-by-step how to guide on an app of their choice. The Google Slide presentations will be used by new studnets as an introduction to that app.
Students in grades 1, 2 and 3 each completed this assignment, reaching a higher level of work as the grades went up. Please click on the grade level below to view a PDF of their Google Slide presentation. |
Book Cover Recreation
Grade 3 students recreated their favorite book's cover in Google Drawings. Once their drawings were complete students used Quicktime Movie to record a screen cast of the Google Drawing's revision history. Then using iMovie students sped up the speed of the screen cast resulting in a 10 second video of the creation of their book cover click by click.
Using Aurasma students linked their printed book cover to their 10 second video. Creating a virtual gallery, students held their iPads over the book covers to watch the video of the production. |
Please click here to view an example of a book cover.
Please click here to view the Google Drawing Video.
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Three of Me
This was a flipped lesson in Photoshop. Students used their MacBooks to take three photos of themselves in the space place with different outfits and "interacting with themselves." After watching this video, students used the mask tool in Photoshop to combine the photos into one image.
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