Plugging up an Unplugged Activity

Rocket Coding/ Image Representation

My second grade students have been practicing a different type of coding used for image representation.  This activity gives students experiencing how pictures are displayed using pixel representation.  They are drawing a picture using white squares and a color square.  The lesson is a modified version of the following CSUnplugged Activity found at here .

Rather than use paper and pencil as suggested, I plugged the lesson in by using multiple apps an a SMART Board (interactive board).  Since my class is digital, we very rarely use paper!

Code Studio

Coding continues to be beneficial for my students.  Their progress in solving the more difficult levels in Code Studio is amazing.  Many students now work on coding at home.  Instructions are below on how to access their accounts anywhere.

Student home access:
The user name is the first part of their email address.  For example:  creechcy2025.
The password is First Initial (capital), last initial, hs (for hammond school) and the child's Kiva number.  It would look like this:  Cchs2222.There are 8 spaces and only the first initial is capitalized.


Code Studio is a section of Code.org and has many hours of coding practices designed to teach children programming.  My classes in grades 1-4 have been included in classes and I can track their progress.