Become a better problem solver by thinking computationally

New CT Activities from Barefoot Computing 

Due to the popularity of the Barefoot Computing free home learning resources, they have added 4 new learning together activities and 3 new interactive online games!
 
Go to the Barefoot ‘At Home’ page, to discover their toolkit of activities that aims to help families develop their computational thinking skills in a fun and interactive way at home.
 
From baking cakes to breaking codes hidden in poetry, families will learn about algorithms, decomposition and debugging in our offline activities.

Shopping List	Code Breakers	2D Shapes	Building Blocks
Activity Instructions.pdf	Activity Instructions.pdf	Activity Instructions.pdf	Activity Instructions.pdf
Supporting Worksheets.pdf	Supporting Worksheets.pdf	Supporting Worksheets.pdf	Supporting Worksheets.pdf

Their new games also promote learning and will whisk children off to our very own Barefoot Farm for an introduction to algorithms and patterns, into Space to learn about variables and even get them using logical reasoning as part of a mission to retrieve a sparkling diamond locked inside a vault…

Barefoot Zoo  -  Sorting it Out  -  The Diamond  -  Asteroid Blaster

 
 
To view all of their home learning resources click the link below:
https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning

Jon Chip talks about Computational Thinking:

Jon Chip computational thinking - Subtitles from Barefoot Computing on Vimeo.

Download the Computational Thinking Poster

Thanks to Barefoot Computing for creating and sharing amazing learning resources!

Draw and Tell

Draw and Tell

This iPad App is particularly good for junior students sharing their creations. Students can take a photo on their iPads and easily annotate it using a variety of simple tools. Furthermore, they can easily record their voice making this app accessible to our youngest creators.

This short tutorial gives a good overview of what it can do. 

Learning From Home Online Resources

Curated by 

https://www.officemax.co.nz/useful-resources-for-learning-from-home

Includes; Science, Coding, History, Maths, English, Art, Physical Education, Mixed Subjects, Games and Educational Tools. 

Example: Science

Non-screen activities you can do at home

Non-screen activities you can do at home -from Pobble - Click here to download the PDF

At Home Ideas Kete

From: Teacher Talk www.teachertalk.org.nz

Teach from Home with Google

Google has set up a temporary hub of information and tools to help teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

https://teachfromhome.google/intl/en/

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