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  • Anna H Rockwell Elementary School
  • Bethel, CT
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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There are a lot of ways to encourage our students to develop computer skills without having to sit in front of the screen. Classic strategy games help kids visualize plan, anticipate and execute much the same as coding. In the Computer Science class, we want to promote plugged and unplugged learning activities with our students. In our weekly Computer Science class the students will spend half the class PLUGGED into the computer learning computer science skills and the other half of the class UNPLUGGED learning computer science skills. The Makerspace is perfect space to use these unplugged games that promote critical thinking, problem solving and communication with a team! I have included classic games like Chess, Mancala, Towers of Hanoi and Rummikub. Also there are lots of strategy games like Qwirkle (amazing for all levels), Gobblet Gobblers (a unique spin on Tic Tac Toe) as well as wonderful games from Blue Orange that are amazing for K-3 kids like Flsh the Lightning, Brix Strategy, Sumoku, Nada, Pixy Cubes and Spot it. Giving students opertunity to explore thinking games will be a great way to build a community around strategy and critical thinking in a similar way to computer programming but without the screen.

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There are a lot of ways to encourage our students to develop computer skills without having to sit in front of the screen. Classic strategy games help kids visualize plan, anticipate and execute much the same as coding. In the Computer Science class, we want to promote plugged and unplugged learning activities with our students. In our weekly Computer Science class the students will spend half the class PLUGGED into the computer learning computer science skills and the other half of the class UNPLUGGED learning computer science skills. The Makerspace is perfect space to use these unplugged games that promote critical thinking, problem solving and communication with a team! I have included classic games like Chess, Mancala, Towers of Hanoi and Rummikub. Also there are lots of strategy games like Qwirkle (amazing for all levels), Gobblet Gobblers (a unique spin on Tic Tac Toe) as well as wonderful games from Blue Orange that are amazing for K-3 kids like Flsh the Lightning, Brix Strategy, Sumoku, Nada, Pixy Cubes and Spot it. Giving students opertunity to explore thinking games will be a great way to build a community around strategy and critical thinking in a similar way to computer programming but without the screen.

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