Coding
programming with angry birds
Today I looked at the website studio.code.org. I was able to play around with it and figure out how my game of choice works. The game I chose was a programming game dealing with Angry Birds. The whole point of the game is to get the angry bird to the green pigs or as known as the bad pigs. By doing that you will have to figure out the code. To figure out the code you need to look at the screen and find out what you need the red angry bird to do. For example, it is moving forward three times. Or move forward twice and turn left then move forward, this is known as sprites. The first couple of levels are easy they give a little hint by having how many times the options will be used and has the green bird a couple spaces forward. If you put too many options on your computer, the one you put too many of will have a little exclamation point.
As I was playing around on it, I liked how this game made me use my brain. This is a brain game. As the levels continue, the sequences add more challenges and changes over the levels. This is something I would like to use in class stations. I would use studio.code.org and have the students play around with the chosen game. I will then give the students fifteen minutes at the stations, it will be individual work, so each kid will have their own laptop. I will also be leaving a couple pieces of paper and pencils. I am doing this as an option for the kids if need they can use it to write down the codes, as it would be easier for some to write down then input it into the computer.
Overall, I really enjoyed this website. This was great for learning to recognize where and how computation can be used. It is also something the kids will find interesting, as it is angry birds. This is a great way to incorporate technology in the class. In the beginning of stations I would go over briefly how it works, as if you just get on with no knowledge it can be hard to understand what to do. I will be leaving a screencast video below
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