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Reflection

It was quite difficult than I expected it to be.

My students were little kids (1st-4th grade), but we tried to make something that was too advanced for our level.

On the 1st day, I asked my students to explore the Scratch website and pick what they would like to make. Of course, the projects on that page are the most advanced ones, involving many math and physics concepts that my students weren't familiar with. I should've gone with more of the easier ones before showing that page.

On the 4th day, I asked my students to come up with their own project idea. I thought this would be a great way to let my students expand their creativity, but there was one problem: they all wanted to make something too advanced for our level. Most of my students had a hard time implementing it because they weren't familiar with the math & physics concepts that were necessary to know to make it. I also had a hard time, because I had to teach them... quite a lot. We all suffered, but I couldn't revert the plan because I already promised my students that we'll bring all of their ideas to come true 😎😬.

I should've acknowledged that my students needed help with the fundamental concepts before starting to implement advanced ones.

In the future, I'll use this course plan to teach higher grades (4th-6th grade I guess). For lower grades, I'm just going to make stuff together somewhere like our school library tutoring club.

- Written on Jun. 18, 2023

Day 6: Make Esther & Youl's Idea

Jan 14, 2023

Super Mario Simple Remix

screenshot of the game

Car and Gravity

screenshot of the game

Day 5: Make Rachel's Idea

Jan 7, 2023

Don't get hit by snow

screenshot of the game

Day 4: What do you want to make?

Dec 24, 2022

Come up with one thing that you want to make together

Youl: Remix Mario

Sketch of super mario question block

Rachel: Avoid Snow

Sketch of avoiding snow & snowman game

Esther: wanted a flying car (I forgot to take a photo)

Day 3: Games

Dec 17, 2022

Explore other projects and remake the Christmas Card: Merry Chritmas (2)

Make a game together: Don't get hit by poop

  • I loved the original game (λ˜₯ν”Όν•˜κΈ°) when I was learning Scratch in Korea few years ago. I made a somewhat easier & simpler version of it.
  • However, as we started making the code together, my students looked like πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«. I'll come up with a more interesting class next time.
[3] Games (Slideshow)

Day 2: Christmas Cards

Dec 10, 2022

Make a card together with Scratch: Merry Christmas! (v1)

  • When you tap on the cat, it responds with sound and motions
  • Used repeat, play sound, turn __ degrees, wait __ seconds, and say __ for __ seconds

Explore other projects

[2] Christmas Card (Slideshow)

Day 1: Intro

Dec 3, 2022

Explain what Scratch is

Create Scratch account together

  • I thought this would be super easy, but it wasn't :/

Make a simple project together: Towards your mouse

  • The cat moves towards your mouse
  • Used forever block and some Motion blocks
[1] First day (Slideshow)