Coding Workshop 2019 with Ruchi Bondre

Scratch Workshop (Beginners)

Ages: 8-10

1 hour per week (9 weeks)

Overview:

Scratch workshop teaches computational thinking, programming concepts and problem solving using a simple-to-use, yet powerful, building block approach to software development. It introduces a software tool ‘Scratch', developed by the MIT Media Lab to students through a set of 10 modules.

Week 1: Getting Started

Topics Learned:

Using move blocks
Using text blocks
Using loops
Costumes

Week 2: The Cat and Bat

Topics Learned:

Key press events
Broadcasting
Hiding and showing sprites

Week 3: Help Cat escape

Topics Learned:

Switching backdrops
Broadcasting
Polling
Debugging

Week 4: Motion and Direction

Topics Learned:

Using move blocks
Using "when key pressed"
Using costumes

Week 5: XY System

Topics Learned:

Pen
Xy coordinates
Creating Games

Week 6: Polygons

Topics Learned:

Turning block
Degrees
circle

Week 7: Good/Bad Guy Game 1

Topics Learned:

Variables
Sensing

Week 8: Good/Bad Guy Game 2

Topics Learned:

Variables
Switching backdrops

Week 9: Kahoot/Games

Sample projects for the kids to make: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/424502210

EV3 Workshop (Beginners)

Ages: 8-10

1 hour per week (9 weeks)

Overview:

EV3 workshop teaches core computer programming logic and reasoning skills using a robotics engineering context. The lessons in the workshop will teach students to move and turn the robot using sensors, loops, and switches.

Lessons/Topics Learned:

Sensors:

Touch Sensor
Color Sensor
Sound Sensor
Ultrasonic Sensor

Motion/Display:

Moving Straight
Basic Line Follower
Moving an Object
Basic Turning
Displaying Text & Graphics
Customs Images & Sounds

Coding Fundamentals:

Switches
Loops
Using Comments
Pseudocode