Computer Science and Development Cycle

Programming has gotten off to a great start!  Students researched and gave presentations about careers in computer science.  We then started learning concepts of programming.  We did some unplugged computer science activities and reviewed about binary code.  Next week, we will be learning about the ability to write directions, and the software development cycle that we will be using with our programs in school.  Once we finish this, we will start learning some basic programming with snap and the finch robots.  We will program our robots in a variety of ways this week.  This has been a great class, and they all have shown to have great creative ideas, and I'm very excited for this term for programming!