Digitale Lehrinhalte VS Schrebergasse

Our first session has come and gone already, we had so much fun! After handing out the laptops to the children, we went over the general keys and directions to get started on the laptops. Once the children got the hang of it, we connected to the internet and then to the web, today’s plan was for the children to create their very own dance video through a program called code. I had previously set up the children login codes and pictures to get started, once logged in, they got to play around with various settings to get their dance video going. I had previously made one and showed them mine and the general know how to get started.

The kids got cracking and came up with some creative intent. A great lesson where the children wanted to do more and more, some concentrated more on the music or the background, where others went for the “characters” and their actions! Time flew by, we did manage at the end to go around all the children’s work and joyfully watch what they had created!

Feedback
The kids gave great feedback where they were thrilled with the hours they had spent learning and being creative. Their only slight negative was that it took a while to get set up (on the internet and then onto the program) this was because it was new for all of them and it did take time, it was the only “negative” feedback that I could give the lesson too, I reassured the kids it would only get easier each week as they got used to the set up. I also found it hard finding so many plugs to keep the laptops with enough battery. There were not many plug sockets in the class, and unfortunately, we have no room that does have this facility. We used a lot of extension leads to make sure the children’s work wasn’t interrupted!

Roll on next week’s session.

Session 2 was so much fun, the plan was to carry on with code today, where the children would learn how to program and to see how AI works and what it is for. I showed the children today’s plan and went through step by step what they needed to do to get started. (Same steps as last week) Then the children logged in as usual after setting up the internet and got cracking on the Ocean program, some were finished sooner than others and some liked to play around with it more. At the end they got an online certificate and then could go onto the next project. (Minecraft) Some were not so interested in the Minecraft adventure builder but tried the first few parts, some also found it too hard, these children were allowed to choose another program, some picked the dance party, others sports program or game lab, here they could try out there learnt skills in programming etc.

At the end of the lesson, we reviewed the children’s projects and gave feedback over the session in general.

You could see many of the children’s computer skills developing after just 4 hours.

Feedback
It didn’t take as long this time to get online (internet) as a few children understand the process. Others found it still very hard. Feedback from the children was that today’s lesson was more fun and they learnt more about programming through the courses on code.

Be internet awesome (google program)

Today’s lesson was something a bit different, we planned to use a google platform called be internet awesome, this is a free and easy to use platform where the children learn about smart internet, being kind to other, spreading positivity, when in doubt talk it out, not falling for fake and keeping our personal secrets safe from the hackers. 

After we all logged on to the internet successfully, each week getting a little easier! We cracked on with today’s program, on the be internet awesome website there is a game lounge called Interland, here the kids can play 4 different games, going over the topics above. All are different and all provide a challenge to the children, each level has assistance and multiple option questions at the end to test the children.  The program is really impressive, and I would highly recommend it to others wanting to find a cool program to use with the children. They loved the session and watching their progress was a lot of fun for me too. We had a feedback chat after and the feedback was great, the children really enjoyed the lesson, talked about their favourite levels and before tidying up we went over what they had learnt. It was interesting and surprising to see what the children took out of the lesson, roll on next week’s lesson, it’s getting hard to try and top each week! But we will try!