Week 11(June 11): Assigned Blogpost
For this blog post, I tried out 2 games on Code.org: a Barbie game and a Story game. I had no previous coding experience. I definitely have very different opinions on both of these games.
I had high hopes because it looked fun, but…
- The instructions were super confusing! How do kids follow along with this? I kept doing what it told me to do, but I still failed.
- I like that the game had multiple mini-games. Lots of options.
- It made me feel like I was bad at coding. I gave up on this game eventually.
This one surprised me, but in a good way. I didn’t know coding could be so connected to the arts.
- It lets you code your own interactive story, which is really fun for me as a creative person.
- It sort of reminded me of how ChatGPT works.
- It made coding feel less confusing.
- The instructions were SO clear. I really appreciated that.
- I like how you can download your finished story
I definitely would have loved this as a kid.
Would I use these games in my future classroom?
I would definitely use these in the classroom for my students, because they are learning an important skills they they are having fun with games. Getting exposed to coding as a young child can open lots of doors for the future. Since they’re playing ith it so young, it would not be as intimidating if they want to approach it at a higher level in the future for school/work.
my verdict on the Barbie game: 2/5 stars booooo
my verdict on the story game: 5/5 stars woohoooo
- What was your first impression of coding?
- Which coding games did you try this week?