This can be relevant to my future classroom by having students learn to work together. It can be seen as a classroom community builder where they can design games and then share their games with others in the classroom. Having students work on coding can also teach them valuable problem solving skills but in ways that can be fun instead of frustrating and also a way to open up new ideas, challenges, and technological resources. Because technology has become so rampant in the society we live in, having necessary problem solving skills in technology can be such a valuable tool that students can take with them to different classes and even future careers.
This can also be a great follow up to a geometry lesson, or math lesson. In the shape drawing activity, students needed basic understanding in angles and degrees of each one. In the star wars activity, there was a lot of math involved in calculating how many different characters needed to appear when one was caught and so on. While, it may seem like just a fun game, students are still having to utilize a lot of other things that are learned in the classroom and these games are a fun and different way for students to apply those skills and test their understanding. Because of that I think its a very effective use of classroom time. I also think so because, an activity like this can really open the minds of students in the classroom who may think they have no interest in computer science. An activity like this may garner a new hobby, or passion for someone wanting to pursue this because there really is not a lot of other opportunities like this at such a young age.
This can also be a great follow up to a geometry lesson, or math lesson. In the shape drawing activity, students needed basic understanding in angles and degrees of each one. In the star wars activity, there was a lot of math involved in calculating how many different characters needed to appear when one was caught and so on. While, it may seem like just a fun game, students are still having to utilize a lot of other things that are learned in the classroom and these games are a fun and different way for students to apply those skills and test their understanding. Because of that I think its a very effective use of classroom time. I also think so because, an activity like this can really open the minds of students in the classroom who may think they have no interest in computer science. An activity like this may garner a new hobby, or passion for someone wanting to pursue this because there really is not a lot of other opportunities like this at such a young age.