{"id":1398,"date":"2023-12-11T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T21:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2023-12-11T21:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T21:06:16","slug":"coding-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/2023\/12\/11\/coding-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Coding Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1398 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/img_9323\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194134\/IMG_9323.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/img_9333\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194209\/IMG_9333.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194209\/IMG_9333.jpeg 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194209\/IMG_9333-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194209\/IMG_9333-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194209\/IMG_9333-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/img_9334\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194216\/IMG_9334.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194216\/IMG_9334.jpeg 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194216\/IMG_9334-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194216\/IMG_9334-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194216\/IMG_9334-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Today Mr McKenna spent the morning in our class working on our coding skills. We were tasked with using digital technology to create something which could help the upcoming primary 1&#8217;s learn more about Mearns Primary. Some of us created informative cartoons on Scratch Jr while the rest used Spheros to map out directions (eg how to get to the gym hall, toilet, school office etc). This involved lots of trial and error to get the code right but we demonstrated determination to successfully reach our end product. Below is an example of a pair who created directions for the gym hall using their Sphero Indi.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 660px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1398-1\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/quicktime\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194306\/IMG_9338.mov?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194306\/IMG_9338.mov\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/mearnscclassof2028\/uploads\/sites\/18475\/2023\/12\/11194306\/IMG_9338.mov<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>We definitely want to use these again, they were lots of fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Mr McKenna spent the morning in our class working on our coding skills. We were tasked with using digital technology to create something which could help the upcoming primary 1&#8217;s learn more about Mearns Primary. Some of us created informative cartoons on Scratch Jr while the rest used Spheros to map out directions (eg &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/2023\/12\/11\/coding-challenge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coding Challenge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mearns-masters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1400,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions\/1400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/mearnscclassof2028\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}