Coding
8th grade students at BSMS participated in the Hour of Code sponsored by Code.org in December. We actually turned our Hour of Code into a week of coding! Students completed the online tutorials using various types of programming apps and software. On the last day, 4th grade students from the elementary students joined the 8th graders in learning how to code.
Students who wanted to continue to learn coding participated in the 20-hour curriculum. We even received a $1000 grant from DonorsChoose.org for having 20 students complete the curriculum.
Our favorite coding apps:
Kodable Lightbot CargoBot Hopscotch
Sites:
Tynker Game Star Kodu Touch Develop Make Games With Us Codecademy Code HS Code Avengers Code Combat Scratch Hackety
Crunchzilla
Students who wanted to continue to learn coding participated in the 20-hour curriculum. We even received a $1000 grant from DonorsChoose.org for having 20 students complete the curriculum.
Our favorite coding apps:
Kodable Lightbot CargoBot Hopscotch
Sites:
Tynker Game Star Kodu Touch Develop Make Games With Us Codecademy Code HS Code Avengers Code Combat Scratch Hackety
Crunchzilla