In preparation for the nationwide roll-out plan of coding & robotics announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa and the department of basic education, forward-looking schools are already running coding courses in classrooms.
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Assessment for the Shanghai Youth Coding Competition
Code School Finland was in charge of the assessment for the biggest coding competition in Shanghai, the Shanghai Youth Coding Competition. On stage 1 of the competition, students from grades 1-9 participated in Scratch competition. Scratch is a graphical programming environment which is especially suitable for younger students. Middle and high school students had also […]
Get off the piggy train – learning for real life
To keep school relevant and motivating for students, learning goals should be connected to real life. In programming teaching we see too many “piggy trains” where one just happily follows instructions. Coding should be taught for real life, meaning that teaching should be connected to the students’ interests, projects, and phenomena.
Coding is creative self-expression
We often run into the misconception that coding is first and foremost logical deduction and mathematical drudgery. Those same people probably think that composing music is just maths. Musical hobbies do develop mathematical skills, but music is so much more.
Coding as a work method for all phenomena based learning
Phenomena connect subject areas, teachers and classes into new forms of collaboration. To ensure that groups of students can express themselves, the range of working methods should be sufficient. Coding is a form of creative expression that allows for the creation of interactive media. Coding should be one additional learning tool next to reading, writing, […]
Let’s Code
Get inspired and practice the principles of coding in this hands-on course for beginner coders. Participants learn key concepts in programming. By exploring with each other and with instructors they will learn how to make programs live with sounds and animations in a visual programming environment. Duration: Half day (3 hours) Participants: Children 7-15 years […]
Hello Robot
Get creative and say hello to your own handmade robot with its own personality! You will learn to use the BBC micro:bit controller for quick and inspirational projects. Learn basics of programming and principles of automation during this fun-filled course. Participants will design and build their own unique robots that utilize sensors and even mechanics […]
Camp with Finnish students
Who 40 Japanese high school students with their teachers + 10 Finnish high school students When 4.3. – 8.3.2019 (during Finnish winter holiday week) Where Game Campus, Oulu, Finland What Robotics camp Teams of 5 people (4 Japanese and 1 Finnish in each team) Teams worked hands-on with Robotics Programming Electronics Product design. Teams designed […]