Dustin McEntarfer
Mar 30, 20202 min
WHY CODING? This video is a great start to our month of STEM work and coding exercises.
Please sit with your student and watch this short ten minute video before beginning on the lesson.
After the video, please fire up a quick ten minute session of blockly games. https://blockly.games/?lang=en
Blockly games is a great start into the blockly style of programming which is used in hundreds of applications. It's a very un-intimidating way to begin to learn standard programming concepts without having to know all of the text and syntax. This game is web-based and will be great to come back to time and time again when you need to work for a few minutes. It records your progress and gets more difficult as you advance.
Moving on from Blockly Games you cannot go wrong with Code.org This has courses for ALL ages of learners and can keep you busy learning for a very long time.
This is enough to get us all started in our month of STEM. Good Luck!!