{"id":5902,"date":"2017-11-29T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?p=5902"},"modified":"2017-11-30T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T13:58:14","slug":"unplugged-activities-hour-of-code-adst-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/2017\/11\/unplugged-activities-hour-of-code-adst-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Unplugged Activities – Hour of Code (ADST in Action)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last week we discussed the term ‘computational thinking<\/em>‘. Tick, Tock – BUT there’s only so many hours in the day! I hear this often – it’s our reality. How do we include ADST<\/a> so that we’re being efficient and not go crazy? We do what great teachers have always done – tease out the important standards and connect them to our curriculum. We remove the ‘bling’<\/em> projects that take up a ton of time but give us questionable gains. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.\u201d
\n<\/span>John Dewey <\/span><\/h3>\n

The act of reflection offers opportunities to analyze, evaluate and synthesize the experience. I think this is a perfect connection with Core Competencies<\/a>! <\/p>\n

The following are unplugged activities you may not have seen that engage students in a variety of computational thinking processes. These are split into sections for organizational purposes. The goal is to explore 1-2 activities, not complete the list. Above all else, have fun and talk about your discoveries. <\/p>\n

Primary <\/strong><\/p>\n