codeSpark is my new best friend in teaching coding!
Submitted 4 years ago
Community Review for codeSpark Academy
My Take
I like using codeSpark because of the simplicity in the lessons. It's easy to understand the lesson and all the materials (the slides) are already created so I can just download to my Google Drive and go! I also like the fact that I can limit the stages that students can go in when doing individual work. That way, they can focus on the objective of the lesson. The app is very appealing to younger students and it's very user friendly!
How I Use It
I use codeSpark to teach coding to K-2 learners in the media center. I use their lessons to introduce (or expand) their knowledge in coding and students do the "fun" part in applying the knowledge they just learned.
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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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