Make Create Educate

This is the 3rd post in a series on coding with girls. See  Part 1  and  Part 2  if you would like some background. Over the last few weeks I have had consistent numbers with about 15 students showing up each time. I have launched a website for the students so my resources are in the same place and easily accessed. kodeklubbers.weebly.com . I have now added and will continue to build the teaching resources and some information on our makerspace  facilitated by Matt Richards , teaching resources and apps . These are all works in progress so check back regularly for new resources. Observations The main programs the girls like are scratch and kodu . Both visual programming tools. Some of the girls are enjoying working through the learn.code.org tutorials and blockly , both scratch style programs. I had some boys ask to attend the club last week and not wanting to discourage them I allowed them to get a computer and sit in a separate area. It was inter...

In July 2013, I began a lunch time KodeKlub for our primary students (aged between 8-12 years). With the increasing popularity of coding in schools I have decided to share my journey. For the first 12 months the club as been by invitation only. I have taken recommendations from teachers and from club members. My reasoning for having an invitation only club was: Existing lunchtime computer clubs, in my school, can attract in excess of 50 students and this was too many for one person. I wanted to maintain a small club to build my skills. The students who attended the club were already interested in technology and some had experience in coding. They were very interested in building websites using HTML. I began by introducing students to codeacademy.com , students used their school issued gmail to signup. The first tutorials they completed were on HTML. In the past 12 months we have progressed beyond tutorials to self organised learning and personal interest projects. ...