We also began a time we're calling our Passion Project time. We have about 40 minutes a week devoted to our Passion Project, which we may extend if time allows during the year. Throughout this year, the students will have an opportunity to study whatever they like (for about 5-6 week cycles). This week, we discussed what it meant to be passionate about something. The students were very excited to be able to choose their own projects. Throughout this time, we will discuss about how to ask good questions and how we can answer them. What types of resources can we use? What would happen if...? How does my project affect and influence others? This is my first time trying a Passion Project with the students and I'm very excited to see where the students take it!
This week, we had our first hour of computer science. We started off our time with a lesson on binary numbers, related to the alphabet. The students should have brought home a binary code sheet with them. After our lesson, the students signed onto code.org. Some of the students had the opportunity to use the website last year while many of them saw it for the first time. Every week, we will have at least 40 minutes devoted to computer science in some fashion or another. If your child would like to access code.org at home, they will need to simply remember their username and password.
We also began a time we're calling our Passion Project time. We have about 40 minutes a week devoted to our Passion Project, which we may extend if time allows during the year. Throughout this year, the students will have an opportunity to study whatever they like (for about 5-6 week cycles). This week, we discussed what it meant to be passionate about something. The students were very excited to be able to choose their own projects. Throughout this time, we will discuss about how to ask good questions and how we can answer them. What types of resources can we use? What would happen if...? How does my project affect and influence others? This is my first time trying a Passion Project with the students and I'm very excited to see where the students take it!
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8/2/2014 11:57:56 pm
Love this passion project idea! Very cool. Will probably need to do some studying on coding...
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