Coding With the Foos Club: Create Your Own Game, or Story
Class experience
In this ongoing class, students will learn how to code their own game, or adventure game, or create a virtual story using CodeSpark Acadamy App. The knowledge they obtain here can be applied to other coding apps like ScratchJr. But before the students can create their games or virtual stories, they need to learn basic coding concepts and earn coins to purchase their props and commands. This would be accomplished by completing the puzzle section in Codespark. ALL NEW enrollment needs to...
This class is taught in English.
- Work in pairs to solve complex problems. - Apply computational thinking concepts to solve intricate puzzles. - Use coding and computational thinking concepts to develop and code unique programs as a form of self-expression. -Improves their persistence and resilience - Big boost in confidence
I have a certificate of completion for codeSpark Ignite. codeSpark Ignite is an online professional development course designed to help PreK-5 educators teach young students the basics of Computer Science and the foundations of computational thinking. With the basic Computer Science training coupled with my 10 years of experience teaching young learners, I am confident in my ability to teach this class on Outschool.
Homework Offered
-Complete unfinished puzzles - practice coding in Slash Clash -Finishing their Coding projects - 1 or 2-page handouts to be completed during the week as a Review.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
ALL NEW enrollment needs to complete a 5-week beginner's class.
3 files available upon enrollmentTwo devices: 1 for Zoom and 1 for Codespark printer
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
In this class, we are going to be using a third-party tool called Codespark. Each learner is required to download the app to his or her device before class starts. A learner's account would be created for each learner which can be accessed through my Codespark classroom using a classroom code. Please note, Codespark is free to play in my classroom in most countries. If you are unable to join the classroom, you will need to purchase a personal subscription.
Codespark Curriculum - Intro to Computer Science
Hi, I am Mareeka Edwards and I am a proud homeschooling mom with a teaching background as an Early Childhood Montessori Educator. Before becoming an Educator, I was a Medical Laboratory Technician working on becoming a Chemical Engineer. Due to...
Group Class
$13
weekly1x per week
60 min
Completed by 98 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-10
1-10 learners per class
Financial Assistance
Tutoring
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