Summer School 2018 – Week 1

Objectives:
The Big Question: How can we give a computer a set of directions and tell it what to do?

  • Learn basics of writing computer code
  • Understand what an algorithm is
  • Understand what a program is

Word Wall:
[glossary]Algorithm[/glossary], [glossary]Code[/glossary], & [glossary]Program[/glossary]

Student Directions:

Part 1 – Keyboarding Practice

Go to the Typing Pal website:

  • Login using your Student ID Number as both your Username & Password
  • Click the Red Learn tab at the top of the screen
  • Click on the Initial Test link, the icon is a paper airplane
  • Once you complete the Initial Test you many work on any of the exercises in Step 1 

Part 2 – Coding

Here are some coding & gaming activities to get us started:

Tynker - Pattern Maker

Tynker – Pattern Maker

Tynker - Hot Wheels: Obstacle Course

Tynker – Hot Wheels: Obstacle Course

Tynker - Monster High: Scavenger Hunt

Tynker – Monster High: Scavenger Hunt

Lesson Standards:

8.1 Educational Technology: All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaborate and to create and communicate knowledge

Technology Operations and Concepts
8.1.5.A.1 – Understand and use technology systems.
8.1.5.A.2 – Select and use applications effectively and productively.

Research and Information Fluency
8.1.5.E.1 – Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.

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