“The most valued aspect of Coding with Oscar, I would say is the hands on nature of learning the abstract concept of computer coding. Students in year 1 and year 2 from the Oscar experience to using Scratch junior. The transition is fairly smooth and students understand the concepts better and faster.”
“The value of physical coding is immeasurable in the early years. This resource assist the students in moving from a physical object to an abstract construct [snip] students form the concept of physically placing one instruction before the other, which leads to a better understanding of the abstract concept of giving the machine an instruction.”
“We have combined the coding with Oscar unit with Lego and this program is taught over about 5 weeks, 2 lessons a week. With a bit of careful planning and integration into other subject areas, this resource could be used for a long time.”
“In today’s educational circles, ‘learning by doing’ still rates highly as the preferred way of learning. As a teacher of digital technologies and with my software engineering counterparts, we wanted physical devices that students could interact with and discover for themselves."
"KodeKLIX is an easy to use, compact, and practical tool for busy teachers to teach many different aspects of the Digital Technologies curriculum. It is not a toy or a game but a device that can demonstrate computing with real life applications. Feedback from teachers include being easy to use and practical.”
"Younger students maintain focus in shorter blocks such as 30minutes, whilst older students can work for up to 1hour. Some of the stories provided with the Coding with Oscar could be covered in one 30min block, whilst others (such as the "secret codes" story in book three) can be run as one extended activity lasting the full 30min block. Stories/activities which involve construction or crafting can also extend the value and duration of each activity, as well as serve
to maintain student engagement. An excellent resource for project based learning."
to maintain student engagement. An excellent resource for project based learning."
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