Ian Wharton's Teaching portfolio

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Candidate’s Name: Ian Wharton Grade Level: 2 nd Grade Title of the lesson: Sequences: Sounds, Lights and Animations with Dash Length of the lesson: 45 minutes Description  Students will be introduced to coding using Blockly and Dash the robot, and will explore sequencing with Dash. Subject: Coding Prior Knowledge Knowledge of students to inform teaching (prior knowledge/prerequisite skills and personal/cultural/community assets) Key questions :  In the last lesson, how did we use sequencing to help Dash complete tasks?”  “What would have happened if the arrows were in the wrong order?”  New York State Next Generation ELA Learning Standards   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. CCSS.ELA-LITERAC...

Dash Design Journal Name: Ian J. Wharton Date:  7/27/19 Purpose of the Project:  What problem do you want to solve using Dash? What do you want Dash to do? -The problem that I want to solve using Dash is to program Dash to do tricks using Blocky. -I want Dash to do a trick after the first button is hit and then another trick after the second button. -I want Dash to bark and act like a dog Solution to the Problem:  Document your idea to solve the problem, and document each step you will take to solve the problem. What coding concepts do you plan to use to command the robot to solve the problem? Draft the blocks to help you program the Dash. -Blocky App will be used to solve the two functions - Using function and sequencing to make sure it follows sequential order. -Lights on block will be used along with sounds where a sound of a dog will be used. Results:  What did Dash do when you ran your program? Did you make any mistakes? ...

These are the great takeaways I have from the class Institutes In Education which covered programming and coding which can be inserted into lesson plans and activities. Wonder Workshop, Coding Apps & Puzzles- With the use of Dash which was the robot assigned to each student f or this course, we use two apps Wonder Workshop and Blockly to figure out the coding to allow Dash to do certain movements. Throughout the app there are so many things that I think any student can get easily attached and invested into. As it pertains to the grades I work with which is K-5, some activities introduced new sounds (Dash pretended he was a dog) and new movements (Dash pretends he is a car/robot). With these lessons students are able to use Dash to identify animals, transportation and even music since we had an assignment that required Dash to dance ! Although it can be a little challenging at first, both Dash and the apps is a good starting spot for students to get into coding. Weekly...