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Creating Simulations: Coin Flipping With Micro:Bit #CodeBreaker

Creating Simulations: Coin Flipping With Micro:Bit #CodeBreaker

Task: In this activity, students will create a working coin flipping simulator using the Micro:Bit (or online simulation). Learning Goals: • Compare experimental probabilities with the theoretical probability of an outcome involving independent events. • Create simple algorithms that reflect computational thinking • Create visual representations of problems and data • Explore visual programming For […]

STEAM: Creating Strong Intellectual Skills

STEAM: Creating Strong Intellectual Skills

In the article “Why the Arts Make Sense in Education” Linda Nathan makes claim that “our young people need to be immersed in artistic experiences (and) they must also develop strong intellectual skills” (p.178) which sounds very similar to Papert’s Mathland when describing LOGO in Mindstorms. “The Turtle World was a microworld, a ‘place,’ a […]

Hacking the Classroom

Hacking the Classroom

  Last week I had the most fortunate opportunity to attend Microsoft’s E2 Global Educator Exchange conference in Budapest, Hungary. The E2 – Educator Exchange is Microsoft in Education’s annual event recognizing and celebrating the achievements of educators who combine content, pedagogy, and technology in exemplary ways to prepare students for success. This event brings […]

Coding Spiral Art With Python

Coding Spiral Art With Python

The following spiral art can be coded using python. It’s a simple script that can easily be manipulated to explore how different number variables will change the spiral. import turtle colors=[‘red’, ‘purple’, ‘blue’, ‘green’, ‘orange’, ‘yellow’] t=turtle.Pen() turtle.bgcolor(‘black’) for x in range (360) : t.pencolor(colors[x%6]) t.width(x/100+1) t.forward(x) t.left(59) TwitterFacebookPinterestLinkedinemailReddit

Tackling TouchDevelop in Grade 1 via @LeahO77 #CSforALL

Tackling TouchDevelop in Grade 1 via @LeahO77 #CSforALL

This is a guest post by Leah Obach. Follow her at @LeahO77. By Mrs. Leah Obach  Since starting the Kids Who Code project, I have introduced my students to a number of different coding tools through classroom activities, Code-a-thon events and coding club.   I feel pretty comfortable with several tools, such as Kodable, Scratch Jr. and Lightbot. As a new year begins, I’m stepping […]