Day 3 of the Hour of Code with Grade 5

Grade 5 students learning the basic building blocks of code... loops and if/else statements during Day 3 of the Hour of Code.

Hour of Code in the Intermediate School

The Hour of Code is not just for kids... our teachers are getting involved too!

Day 2 of the Hour of Code in Intermediate School

By the end of Day 2, we have had 242 IS students participating in the Hour of Code.

Day 2 with Grade 3 and 5 

Day 2 GATE Students 

Day 1 of the Hour of Code in Intermediate School

During Day 1 of the 'Hour of Code', 132 students from Grades 4 and 5 were thoroughly engaged in coding activities provided by code.org.
Why are we getting our students involved in the 'Hour of Code'? Coding helps to develop computational and critical thinking skills, and, as pointed out at code.org, it shows students how to create, not simply use new technologies.
One grade 5 student summed it up on his blog post: "...it is important to know how to code because coders are the rulers of the future!"

Day 1 with Grade 5

Minecraft Math

What a great way for my Grade 3 students to incorporate math, technology, and their love of Minecraft. Students created and modeled stories - incorporating their understanding of multiplication, addition, and subtraction. This was by far the easiest thing I've done to encourage them to write to explain!

Grade 3 iPad Launch

Students in three third grade classes and their parents recently embarked on a voyage of learning and discovery. 66 iPads were handed out to some very excited students and they immediately went to work showing moms and dads what to do.

Here are some pictures of the exciting event.

Along with being responsible for managing their own iPads, students and parents were shown the following video highlighting just a few of the reasons we're using iPads as a tool for learning. 

What First Graders Say About Blogging!

What a year it is has been. I never thought as first grade tech coach we would have been blogging with first graders but I can honestly this: first graders get it! They can blog. 

A big thanks must go to the two teachers Mrs. Derksen and Mrs. Joyce who travelled on this journey with me. Blogging was tech integration at its very best. Students and teachers collaborated, communicated and created. 

In the second to last day of school, Mrs. Joyce had her first grade class state what they liked about blogging. Check out what they have to say in their final posts for the 2012-13 school year.

http://sasp215.blogspot.sg/