Cross-Curricular Coding
Incorporate Coding into your Curriculum
Welcome teachers! If you have made it this far, then you are at least interesting in incorporating coding into your curriculum. This site will serve as a resource for you as your start this worthwhile journey.
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Let's begin with an important question: Why incorporate coding into the classroom?
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prepare students for 21st Century ICT skills and digital literacy
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explore new ways of learning
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connect with students through technology
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introduce students to Computer Science.
Can coding be incorporated into any grade level?
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Absolutely. This site will focus on Grade 8. However the resources can be adjusted to fit your classroom needs.
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Let's get started!
Welcome to Coding!
If you have never heard of coding or have limited experience, don't worry. Click the image and find beginner resources for teachers and students. We all have to start somewhere. Enjoy!
How do you want to incorporate coding?
Unplugged Coding
If you do not have access to computers or tablets, then unplugged coding is for you. Find resources and activities for your classroom and introduce your students to coding, computer science and computational thinking.
Do you want your students to animate their poetry? Their stories? Make their stories come to life? Then learning how to create animation might be the right choice for you.
Create an Animation
Create an online Game
Do you want your students to create an online world for their stories? A fractured fairytale? Or do you want them to learn about setting and world building? Do you want students to learn to work collaboratively and critique and share their work? If so, then creating an online game might be right for you.