This week in One Laptop Per Child, we finalized our teaching plans for the 4th graders. Our class taught them how to use Scratch, an online program that teaches students to code. On Wednesday, we split into two groups, one group taught an early class, while the other group taught another class later in the day. We played games with the fourth graders to help them understand how coding works, by using coloring and walking games where they had to use instructions to complete the tasks. Once they were ready, we helped them log into their Scratch accounts, and began playing with the program. We showed them how to move their sprites, make their sprites draw shapes, and say Hello! Teaching the fourth graders was lots of fun, and I can’t wait to teach them again next week!
This week through teaching the fourth graders, I have learned more about teaching others, and explaining things in a way so that everyone can understand. Teaching a group of children who have never used Scratch before, can prove surprisingly difficult. It is necessary to explain tasks in a way understandable by everyone, a visual can help to show what you’re talking about. This is great practice for teaching the students in Barbados, and also helps us become more accustom to Scratch!
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