Our digital leaders started their Dream Space Ambassadors programme this morning.
We had our first training session on Micro:Bit coding.
What we learned:
💻Coding is all about giving computers instructions in a language they understand.
💻 We explored all the different types of blocks (‘digital lego’) to make our Micro:Bits do things.
💻 That a string in computing can have letters, numbers, characters and symbols.
💻 Bugs are errors in codes that needed to be fixed. Debugging is finding and fixing mistakes in code.
💻 The sequence of code is the specific order of instructions for the computer to follow. Think of your computer as a robot. It needs exact instructions. We got some great ideas for unplugged activities to do in class like the human robot, recipe challenge or origami.
💻 We investigated connecting our Micro:Bits to the computer.
💻 Loops is a way to make the computer repeat a task automatically. These are needed to do things quicker.
💻 We used a loop to make an animation (a moving picture).
💻 A conditional statement in coding is like a rule that makes the computer so something only if a specific condition is met. IF something is true, THEN the program does a certain task.
💻 We made a virtual coin toss using a ‘on shake’ block, a ‘if true then else’ block. We needed a ‘pick random true or false’.
We can’t wait to deliver lessons to classes in our school.
This is going to be an exciting journey with our Dream Space Ambassador Team!
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