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Informationen zum Autor Sam Patterson, Ed.D, is a K-5 technology integration specialist in Silicon Valley. Sam's classroom is full of challenging and playful learning that puts the students and learning, not the technology, at the center of the lesson. For more information, visit www.beyondthehourofcode.com Klappentext Programming in the Primary Grades demystifies teaching core content through programming. Without becoming a step by step guide, the text helps teachers visualize and implement learning activities that build on the engagement and excitement students' experience when they are programming. While the focus of the book is programming, it isn't about the technology. Dr. Patterson helps teachers visualize and plan engaging and empowering lessons that use programming as a way for students to share their developing understanding of a subject. Whether you have no tech or a full one to one program, Programming in the Primary Grades will get you programming with your kids in no time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Roger Wagner Preface Author's Note Chapter 1: Why Teach Programming in the Primary Grades? Chapter 2: What Can We Learn Through Programming? Chapter 3: Offline Programming and the Power of Dance to Develop Logic Chapter 4: Programming for Pre-readers Chapter 5: Blockly-based App Programming Chapter 6: Scratch and Other Web-based Programming Platforms Chapter 7: Learning with Robots; Lesson Design in Three Dimensions Chapter 8: Programming to Learn Social Skills Chapter 9: Programming to Learn to Read Chapter 10: Programming to Learn in Elementary STEM Chapter 11: Resources and Quick-Start Lesson Ideas Acknowledgments About the Author Index
