I am currently teaching an after school Code class for 7th/8th-grade students (Bank Street College of Education, NYC), and am hoping to learn about projects that this student group can work on collaboratively … within which we have a total of 10 students. For the last three weeks, students have worked mostly independently, but I’d like to see them transition toward a group project, if such an option exists. Any advice would be appreciated.
Mike McCalman
mccalman4@gmail.com
Hi Mike,
The first thing that comes to mind in the CS Discoveries curriculum is Unit 4. It is designed to be completed in groups. Chapter 1 lessons focus on understanding the needs of others while solving a problem. Chapter 2 has students work through a user centered design process to build an app for good with both a paper prototype as well as a digital prototype using App Lab. (https://studio.code.org/s/csd4-2019)
I also have students participate in Unit 6 with a partner but it does require circuit boards.
I am sure many others will have suggestions about group projects as well.
Good luck,
Michelle
Wonderful! Thank you so much for this tip. Will explore over the weekend.
Mike McCalman