Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Code in the Libraries: Coding Kits

Author Name: Jennifer Ross
Library System: Washington County Free Library

Top 3 things learned:

  • Teaching Circuits, like the "Squishy Circuits" we made out of Play Dough and 9 volt batteries and LED lights, is a great way to help children grasp the logic and concepts behind computer code.
  • There are a lot of games to help kids grasp coding as Blocks of Coding Language.
  • Having mini-computers, like the Arduino, make it easier to understand the working "guts" of the computers, which also help kids learn to code.

How to implement: 
We will definitely be offering some of the coding programming at our library soon, like the LED and conductive thread bookmarks and some more of the great coding resources.

Additional learning: 
Can't wait to get more time playing around with the Arduino.

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