Today Carrie (from Science World) came to UNBC to present a workshop on coding without computers. We discussed computational thinking and how it involves taking a problem, understanding the problem, and then figuring out the steps to solve the problem. Computational thinking is a critical thinking process and is something that a computer can understand as well. Computational thinking is very different between humans and computers because humans have presumed assumptions. We had the opportunity to code our partner with algorithms. This was a lot of fun! I coded my partner who was sitting on my right to stand up and sit on a chair a few feet away. This coding turned out to be successful. Who knew coding could be so much fun?! I liked this form of coding because it was visual and easy to follow. This is a great way to introduce coding especially with younger students and can easily be done in the classroom. I will definitely try to incorporate this activity into a future practicum.
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