By doing these activities and going through various coding techniques, I personally was engaged with the activities and actually learning about coding. Although it was mainly games and silly characters, it was interactive and fun. In the classroom, I can see incorporating this activity as a station or group work. Much like on one of the videos shown in class, partner work would be very effective with these activities. Allowing children to get a sense of multiple roles in coding and how it all works would be a good and easy lesson to incorporate.
Also, since the activities were game based and used easy terms, it was very simple to pick up and actually explained coding in a way that was understandable. Before, when I heard the term "coding", I would imagine some high-tech person on a movie frantically typing away on a keyboard then magically calling some plan off or deactivating a whole system. Now, after experiencing this website and the associated activities, i realize that coding, in the simplest of terms, can be easily accessible. This can lead to students being more interested in this field, or just a place to have fun and realize that they, themselves, are actually coding.
Also, since the activities were game based and used easy terms, it was very simple to pick up and actually explained coding in a way that was understandable. Before, when I heard the term "coding", I would imagine some high-tech person on a movie frantically typing away on a keyboard then magically calling some plan off or deactivating a whole system. Now, after experiencing this website and the associated activities, i realize that coding, in the simplest of terms, can be easily accessible. This can lead to students being more interested in this field, or just a place to have fun and realize that they, themselves, are actually coding.