My Take
I enjoyed seeing how you can use it to create your own personal projects in a less complex manner. From the start, options to create your own sounds, photos, code, drawings, etc is a great way to let a student's creativity flow. It gives them options to then put their project to the test by executing it and sharing it with family, friends, or YouTube for inspiration. I also like the coding section and how ti starts by teaching students who use this with the block method. This is where the code is typically condensed into simpler terms, and placed in blocks that you can connect to do the code from scratch. It gives the student a way to remember what the code should look like and understand the meaning behind each line of code that is already correct. This prevents them from typing and learning from incorrect code until they can learn more. Overall, I enjoy seeing OctoStudio and would like to see it implemented more in projects and lessons for younger students.
How I Use It
As someone who has coded for a little bit of time now, seeing OctoStudio was extremely interesting. The method of coding using blocks instead of standard text code is one that I recall doing when I was first learning, which I think is great for students. Using it to explain standard concepts of coding that will later be utilized from scratch in text methods makes it less overwhelming in the beginning.