CODING IN THE CLASSROOM

For this 10 minute introduction activity, you should:

• Join Breakout Room #3 to be with others doing this activity first.
  

• Try and write up the explicit steps that would be needed to tell a computer how to make a peanut butter and jam sandwich.
  

• Discuss the steps with some others in the breakout room.
  

• Watch the embedded video.
  

• Think about how you could use this in a classroom:

  • Could it be a good activity to spark discussion with students?

  • Could it be a good introductory activity for students?
    

• What are the connections that you see to coding and computer science?
  

• How could you adapt it and what could make it better? What are the drawbacks/issues with an activity like this?
  

• Use the Breakout Room to discuss this activity with your peers.