Sequencing, Conditionals, and Loops, Oh, My!
Submitted 4 years ago
Community Review for codeSpark Academy
My Take
I love the codeSpark Academy app. Students are engaged and excited about learning. Reading is not a requirement, so it's perfect for pre-readers, but even older students (and adults) enjoy the quirky Foos characters. Each level introduces different computer science content. The app is free for educators and provides access to lesson plans, both plugged and unplugged, and the codeSpark community.
How I Use It
I am currently piloting a coding club with two classes (one 1st grade, one 2nd) using the codeSpark app. Students are sharing a device, taking turns, and helping each other. With the Teacher Dashboard, you can set up classes, turn features on or off and change the difficulty level.
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Mrs. T.
Forest Glen International Elementary School
Indianapolis, IN
May 26, 2020
codeSpark Academy is great for helping my students learn to code! But it displays the students' info publicly, so I had to create one account for my whole class. And it doesn't provide any further or more advanced learning. But my 2nd graders loved it!
I love the learning, but there could be more. When they learn a lot, they want to learn more!
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Mrs. N.
Propel Charter School - McKeesport (District)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 4, 2019
Love the lock/unlock app ability and individual student progress tracking.
I like the puzzles and coding. I wanted to use the digital storytelling portion more but it is not intuitive. One student had trees eating animals and people eating people.
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Nicole G.
Teacher
Macarthur K 8 Academy
Lathrup Village, MI
May 15, 2019
Fun, gamified learning of coding and computational thinking!
I have used this project with my kids and my students. I think it is a great tool to teach coding. One caveat: if you are using Codespark on Chromebooks or older desktops, it can take a while to load.
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