Subject: Digital Technology
Year Level: 6
Strands:Digital Technologies: knowledge and understanding
Digital Technologies: Process and Production skills
Sub strands:Investigate and Define
Representation and Production skills
What is it?
Codingame is the latest way to improve your programming skills while having fun. Codingame is a program that successfully turns learning and practicing coding into a game. It is a fun way to learn about complex topics that motivates students to learn quickly. Through this program students are able to solve challenging problems, learn new concepts and become inspired to learn more about programming and coding. This is a continual education tool and although it isn’t the perfect tool for beginners it is great at advancing students knowledge and skills.
How is it used?
Codingame is used and can be found though the link to the resource. The program has different options of how to play the ‘game’. Students are able to participate in fun challenges while learning pure code. These coding games are turn based, and the game is scored. The score is generated based on the code and how it meets the game specifications.
Link to the resource
https://codingame.com/start
Content Descriptor Examples
Data is represented using codes (ACTDIK015)
Create and communicate information, including online collaborative projects, using agreed social, ethical and technical protocols (codes of conduct) (ACTDIP022)
Cross curriculum priorities and general capabilities
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Literacy
Numeracy
Links to other learning areas
English
Mathematics
Skills developed
Practice pure code
Problem solving skills
Competition
Learn the language
Software knowledge
Subject: Digital Technology