STEAM Ed

Programming, why have this? Programming is, in very easy words- instructions. Programming  is telling a computer how to do certain things by giving it instructions.  These instructions are called programs.  A person who writes instructions is a computer programmer.  These instructions come in different languages; they are called programming languages.  Sometimes programmers use special software, called a text editor, which gives them a place to type the coding into. There are many types of programming languages. After a few lessons of learning Javascript from Codeacademy, we went on to learn about Lua. So far we have made a balloon tap and an asteroid game.                              .      

How did animation start? When did this start? How can I do cartoons? We learnt how to trick the eyes by using different animation techniques to trick the mind. We even used the magic eye pictures to understand the different backgrounds that trick our minds

The young ones today collaborated and designed in making their catapults. It is not an easy task- there are many ways of making catapults so working on the design was a challenge where the students had to agree on. After the design process, the students built their catapult and started firing their cannons!

BrainPop is an digital platform allowing students to understand difficult concepts in a fun and a engaging way. Students can watch movies create mind maps, take quizzes, play educational games and make movies to ask their own questions. Teachers can create classrooms and record the progress the students make. where the weakness and the strengths are of individual students and share this with them. Both students and teachers can have communication via BrainPop engaging them to have a more personal feel. Here is the link you can read more about it. https://about.brainpop.com/ Want training on this? Contact me Sandy 0046734148300