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December 5, 2023

1. Get a Chromebook and sign in then go to: http://bit.ly/digilit
   
   
2. Digital Stories from our friends inclusing those from Kenya! Spread compliments like confetti!
   
   
3. SPHERO DEMOS: (Try this at your table group) CODE: FS2P5A

• Hello
• Sphero Mad Libs: My Wild Day at the Zoo
• Dance Sphero Dance
• Forever Spin
• WCU Pride
• Disco Dance Party
• Simon Says
• Massage
• We Will Rock You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk or https://archive.org/details/WeWillRockYou_95
• Ask Magic 8 Ball (A bit snaggy but try it...)

Merge Cube, Cubetto, and OSMO

Explore these three innovative tools. NOTE: Merge may require partner work - one to hold the iPad and the other to manipulate the cube or you can use the stand that comes with the cube.

Merge Cube Apps: Explorer, Object Viewer, HoloGlobe

CREATE YOUR OWN PROGRAM USING SCRATCH

1. Go to Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu/
2. Click the Start Creating button and go through the Tutorial presentation.
3. Add at least two sprites (actors) to the program/project
4. Have each sprite do 1) a motion and 2) a sound or look
5. For each sprite, use the "When <green flag> clicked" in the events
6. There are a number of tutorials you can view for specific programs/projects.
7. Save the project to your computer and submit it into Canvas

RESOURCES O' THE DAY:

A Great Educational Coding Website
https://www.codeforlife.education/

Top Coding Websites for Kids
https://codakid.com/top-21-kids-coding-websites-of-all-time/

10 Free Coding Games Websites for Teaching Programming Skills
https://childhood101.com/coding-for-kids/

Hour of Code
https://hourofcode.com/us

Computational Thinking Competencies
https://www.iste.org/standards/computational-thinking

Computational Thinking Teacher Resources (RICH RESOURCE)
https://cdn.iste.org/www-root/2020-10/ISTE_CT_Teacher_Resources_2ed.pdf?_ga=2.30551359.182928043.1638389762-531217099.1635199300

A Comprehensive List of Coding Resources
https://mommypoppins.com/coding-kids-free-websites-teach-learn-programming

Videos on Computational Thinking and Coding:

Computational thinking: A digital age skill for everyone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFcUgSYyRPg&t=1s

Other Videos from ISTE
https://www.youtube.com/user/istevideos/search?query=computational+thinking

A Fabulous and Free Coding Website for Kids from MIT - Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted

Sphero

Teacher's Guide
https://dmmedia.sphero.com/email-marketing/Sphero-Edu/SpheroEdu-k12-teacher-resource-guide-v1_updated050818.pdf