Be controlled by a Makey Makey controller.The project had a basic set of requirements that needed to be included, but there was plenty of opportunity to create more elaborate games. The video game that the students were tasked to develop could be a straightforward pong game or it could take on a more complex form, like a story based game. Furthermore, the project began the school year with a task intended to inspire students through one or both of its parts. It allowed for an assessment of the students current coding abilities and their computational thinking skills. This was chosen to be the first assignment of the year because it allowed students to learn block coding and the hands on component of building a game controller is appealing to students. One of the principal goals of the project was to introduce block coding to students in an enjoyable and engaging way. Term 1 of the course included a project to create a video game using Scratch and building a controller for that game.
One initiative is an option course for grade 9 students called Introduction to Robotics and Coding. The nature of that statement was the impetus for John Rennie High School in Pointe Claire to offer more opportunities to improve the computational thinking skills of its student body and also to introduce them to coding. According to a report from Burning Glass Technologies “Coding jobs are growing faster than the job market.” (2016). Computational thinking and coding are important skills for children and young adults to learn as a preparation for their post education lives.
As of April 2018, “Quebec no formal integration of CT or coding within its curriculum.” (Gannon & Buteau, 2018).
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