When you teach code, you’re not only teaching the language of technology. You’re teaching new ways to think and bring ideas to life. And Apple has all the resources to help you bring code into your classroom.
Get Into Code with iPad
Aim
- To explore Apple’s Everyone Can Code curriculum and the Swift Playgrounds app for iPad to start teaching code in your classroom in a fun and accessible way.
Audience
- All Primary sector educators who are curious about coding
Requirements
- An iPad with the latest version of the Swift Playgrounds app and the Everyone Can Code Puzzles Teacher Guide installed is desirable, but not essential
Get into Code with iPad – Workshop 1
In this workshop, participants will learn how to:
• think about things that use code
• identify every day objects that use code
• try out coding with Swift Playgrounds
• discover ways to incorporate code into the classroom in a fun and accessible way
Get into Code with iPad – Workshop 2
In this workshop, participants will learn how to:
• build on their knowledge of code from workshop 1
• identify coding concepts through games
• continue to explore coding using Swift Playgrounds
• discover ways to incorporate code into the classroom in a fun and accessible way
Get into Code with iPad – App Design
In this workshop, participants will learn how to:
• think about solving a problem in their community and design an app
• explore ideas and get started guided by the design process
• collaboratively brainstorm, plan and prototype an app using Keynote
• create a presentation to pitch their ideas as part of a showcase
• discover ways to incorporate the customisable resources into the classroom in a fun and accessible way using the Apple Everyone Can Code resources
