Coding (Code.org learning game)
1a: How can I s et professional learning goals to explor e and apply teaching strategies for integrating CT practices into learning activities in ways that enhance student learning of both the academic discipline and CS concepts. The specific coding term I explored and learned about was: EVENTS. Events are sprites in action. In different words, events are when something happens to trigger the code to run. Examples will be further down below. The Event activity I played o n code.org was the: Virtual Pet with Sprite Lab. This game had me create sprites and give them behaviors at certain times. There were many different behaviors and options, but in the end, you were asked to follow what the lab was trying to teach you. Once you completed what the lab was showing you, you were able to experiment and explore different options and things within the lab. This was a great way to start learning a little bit about coding. Each event game had different events to choose from. The gam...