The Hour of Code Extended

Lilie and Kayla in the Tipi working with the Kodable App

After we had a couple of days to experiment with Kodable, we tried using paper and pencil to write our own code.  One student drew the maze and an empty box for each step through the maze.  They also drew coins to be collected along the path.  The second student put each step in the boxes (wrote the code) and counted how many coins they collected and wrote the number.  The first student then checked the second student's work.  They are becoming quite the budding computer programmers.  I am really enjoying seeing them challenged and excited when they get it right!

Adalyn and Harrison's Code

Kayla and Alivia's Code

As they complete more and more mazes on the app, the mazes get more and more intricate. The students have had to use repeating function symbols for some mazes.