{"id":3018,"date":"2015-10-05T10:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T14:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2016-09-13T13:48:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:48:42","slug":"thinking-big-how-code-in-the-schools-is-helping-kids-learn-to-problem-solve-collaborate-and-program-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/?p=3018","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Big: How Code in the Schools is helping kids learn to problem solve, collaborate and program computers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0085-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"aIMG_0085 - Copy by Shan Gordon. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-wp-pid=\"3006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0085-Copy.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0085-Copy-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0085-Copy-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0085-Copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0085-Copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Think kids don&#8217;t like to learn?<\/strong> You must not have come to the Game Jam at Code in the Schools last Saturday. Students 12 years and up worked in small teams from 8 am to 8 pm to learn programming and to solve problems as they created their own video games. Volunteers with gaming and programming backgrounds mentored each group as they developed their ideas into working video games.<\/p>\n<p>Could this model of mentored learning help students learn in other fields like architecture, health, communications, construction, or government services?<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore needs to think out of the school box learning model with more mentoring and learning opportunities with business, non-profit and government partners. Learning with mentors helps students understand how their learning can be applied in solving real problems and it can help connect them to their futures. What problem solving exercises could your business or agency host for students?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3029 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0062.jpg\" alt=\"aIMG_0062 by Shan Gordon. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1397\" data-wp-pid=\"3003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0062.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0062-500x364.jpg 500w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0062-1484x1080.jpg 1484w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0062-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_0062-1099x800.jpg 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><br \/>\nSixth grade students demonstrate the video game they developed to the judges at Game Jam.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3033 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_9879.jpg\" alt=\"aIMG_9879 by Shan Gordon. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-wp-pid=\"3008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_9879.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_9879-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_9879-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_9879-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aIMG_9879-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/> Students work together to learn the programming necessary to make their games work.<br \/>\nThey were able to reference other games and use online resources to create their own working game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3017\" src=\"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_9993.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9993 by Shan Gordon. \" width=\"5616\" height=\"3744\" data-wp-pid=\"3017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_9993.jpg 5616w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_9993-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_9993-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_9993-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_9993-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5616px) 100vw, 5616px\" \/> So what strategy would you use to escape hungry dinosaurs on an island?<br \/>\nStudents had to come up with story plots, characters, game rules and the programming to make it all work as they created their games.<br \/>\nThis is a blending of learning across subjects that few classroom experiences match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think kids don&#8217;t like to learn? You must not have come to the Game Jam at Code in the Schools last Saturday. Students 12 years and up worked in small teams from 8 am to 8 pm to learn programming and to solve problems as they created their own video games. Volunteers with gaming and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,216,1],"tags":[314,312,313,316,315],"class_list":["post-3018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-home-cool-green-schools-com","category-multimedia","tag-baltimore-students","tag-code-in-the-schools","tag-computer-games","tag-game-jam","tag-game-jam-2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3018"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3040,"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions\/3040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.coolgreenschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}