The Wisconsin Idea is the belief
that knowledge gained from and research completed at the University of
Wisconsin – Madison should be shared not only throughout this great university,
but across the state as well. By sharing this wealth of knowledge with many the
people, it is believed that it will improve lives not only in the classroom, but
also outside with the spread of ideas among Wisconsin’s residents.
The purpose of this project is
to introduce students to basic computer programming. I chose to discuss
beginner’s programming as a way to teach a new topic to younger students while
guiding their development of problem-solving skills as well as utilizing their
creativity.
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Sierra Flury
– Lecture 2, Section 322
This set of labs is geared to
upper elementary students to students entering middle school. Students can
benefit from completing these labs for a couple of reasons. For example,
students will be introduced to computer programming (very likely for the first
time) and everyone can benefit from learning something new. Also, by working
through the labs, students work on problem-solving and teamwork skills.
This project is a set of three
labs similar to the structure of the labs college students complete in Computer
Sciences 302. Students will work in groups of two, or three if necessary, to
complete the labs while learning new ways to utilize the SCRATCH program.
Lab
#3 – Amazing Maze – COMING AT A LATER TIME!
If I had more time, I would put
together additional labs for students to work on. As with Java programming,
there are so many features to work with that cannot be learned through just a
few exercises.
While “Tutorial” and “band prep”
can be found on the Scratch website, they aren’t suitable for viewing with all
of the features because the point of the labs is to edit them to make them do
something. With additional time, I could make Animation Stories to try and
teach new concepts.
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CS302 |
The
Wisconsin Idea Project |
Fall 2012 Instructor: Deppeler |