We had a great day of hour of code even though there were many technical difficulties. We wanted to start our day with coding snowflakes using Anna and Elsa, but unfortunately much of our day gave us messages like this:
Just as great coders do, we didn’t let a road block get in our way. We had many backup plans. Our 2nd graders used Tynker to explore block commands.
I loved their pride when they reached the end of the hour!
Our Kindergarten and 1st grade students used the iPad app “The Foos”. This was a new app for us, so we all had a lot to learn. I quickly saw that students weren’t necessarily writing their full code and were still being successful in getting their character to perform by repeatedly hitting the run button. This was great learning for me and helped to adjust my setup as we went. I loved how groups of students would gather together to code together and offer tips. I saw very little frustration, no tears, and lots of perseverance.
We can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.
