We recently started a Innovation Rotation that exposes students to many facets of science. As students rotate throughout the year, they will be immersed in the different branches of science, while exploring and building experiences through hands on, project based investigations to solidify their understanding of grade level scientific material. I am lucky enough to be teaching the computer science portion of this rotation.
The materials requested will be used to enhance learning and provide dependable, dedicated technology to our 4th grade student population. Students will become fluent in the use of technology to develop, create, and publish student driven projects; while learning about computer science as a medium to express innovative ideas.
In our first round of rotations students used the coding program Scratch (developed by MIT) as a medium to tell stories. As a class we deconstructed the elements of a story and created projects that focused on dialogue, setting, premise, and characters. Students developed, planned, wrote, coded, and published their animated projects while learning about computer science. We used Google's CSFirst as a curriculum guide for our story telling unit. I am hoping to give students access to a computer that has a touchscreen function in order to allow them to draw and create elements in Scratch using a stylus. We have some very talented artists and being able to create digital art by hand (versus a mouse) would elevate their projects and creative capabilities.
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We recently started a Innovation Rotation that exposes students to many facets of science. As students rotate throughout the year, they will be immersed in the different branches of science, while exploring and building experiences through hands on, project based investigations to solidify their understanding of grade level scientific material. I am lucky enough to be teaching the computer science portion of this rotation.
The materials requested will be used to enhance learning and provide dependable, dedicated technology to our 4th grade student population. Students will become fluent in the use of technology to develop, create, and publish student driven projects; while learning about computer science as a medium to express innovative ideas.
In our first round of rotations students used the coding program Scratch (developed by MIT) as a medium to tell stories. As a class we deconstructed the elements of a story and created projects that focused on dialogue, setting, premise, and characters. Students developed, planned, wrote, coded, and published their animated projects while learning about computer science. We used Google's CSFirst as a curriculum guide for our story telling unit. I am hoping to give students access to a computer that has a touchscreen function in order to allow them to draw and create elements in Scratch using a stylus. We have some very talented artists and being able to create digital art by hand (versus a mouse) would elevate their projects and creative capabilities.
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