Subject: Technologies
Year Level: Pre-primary-5
Strand: Digital Technologies
Sub Strands:
- Process and Production Skills
- Knowledge and Understanding
Content Descriptors Examples:
- Digital implementation – (year 3) Use visually represented sequenced steps (algorithms), including steps with decisions made by the user (branching) Create and communicate ideas and information safely
- Representations of data – (pre-primary) Data can have patterns and can be represented as pictures and symbols
Cross Curriculum Priorities and General Capabilities:
- Critical and Creative Thinking
- Information and Communication Technology
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Links To Other Learning Areas:
- Mathematics
- The Arts (Media Art)
Kodable is a fun and engaging coding website designed for use by teachers and parents (click HERE to launch the Kodable website). It can be set up for use as a class technology teaching tool where students can work through coding levels that gradually increase in difficulty. The results are recorded and can be easily accessed by the teacher to monitor the individual students progress.
It is easy to set up and use and the bright graphics and easy to follow instructions make it very user friendly. Students use directional symbols in the correct order to instruct the Kodable monster which way to move throughthe maze. Reward coins can be collected along the way and use to purchase new monsters
There are structured lesson plans for each year group for the teacher to follow and detailed resources that support the lessons. Each child has an individual login so the site can also be accessed at home.
The “Kick start” introductory offer contains 6 weeks of lesson plans and online activities. After this time the cost is $300 for 42 weeks of student lessons and scaffolded curriculum (US curriculum).
