I think this site would be a lot of fun for kids, and a great starting point for coding. I’m still not entirely sure how it relates to coding, but I trust that the site knows what they’re doing. If I were to implement this site and its games into my classroom I would need to know more about coding so that I could relate their experiences in the game to real-world situations which are similar. If I couldn’t do this I would ask someone who codes to come into my classroom and show us how the game relates outside of the gaming environment.
As long as I knew how this game related to actual coding I think it would be beneficial for my students. Depending on the age thought I think this game may be a bit too ambiguous to truly be an effective teaching tool. As I said, this game might be a good starting point for young children, but I have to be able to express what they are doing in terms of real-world scenarios and be able to explain a why this game and its content is important. I don’t want to implement a game just for the sake of integrating technology or just regurgitating that “it teaches coding” without being able to back up the claim. I want the technology used in my class to be effective and meaningful, not contrived or done without a clear learning goal.
As long as I knew how this game related to actual coding I think it would be beneficial for my students. Depending on the age thought I think this game may be a bit too ambiguous to truly be an effective teaching tool. As I said, this game might be a good starting point for young children, but I have to be able to express what they are doing in terms of real-world scenarios and be able to explain a why this game and its content is important. I don’t want to implement a game just for the sake of integrating technology or just regurgitating that “it teaches coding” without being able to back up the claim. I want the technology used in my class to be effective and meaningful, not contrived or done without a clear learning goal.