The continuing adventures of Kano Boy - Day Three

As a parent, regarding my child's growth, I constantly ask myself: "Is my child having fun?  Are they learning?  Are they developing into a fine adult?" So, on Day Three of camp,I am concerned that Tuvia keeps on having a good time AND is learning.

Well, I am happy to share with you that it appears that he is!  He is now incorporating words and pictures together in his journal (he is only 10 and this IS a work in progress) and he IS still having fun and learning.  So here is the Day Three banter.  Enjoy...

What were you looking forward to at camp today?

Tuvia: I wanted to make a specific video game that I had an idea for.

Did you get a chance to do it?

T: Yes, but I will tell you about it later...

How did your day start today?

T: We started with Kano rotation part one

What did you do?

T: Used a program called "make snake" that allows me to modify snake.  I used the command terminal.

What is the command terminal?

T: It is kind of like a C.M.D kind of thing (Tuvia looks at me like I should know exactly what this is!!)

OooKay... what was next?

T: I played MineCraft PI edition using my previous mods from the day before. I then decorated my Kano computer box and then I coded with scratch on the Kano.   The game I made was that lasers shoot up from the bottom of the screen to the top where your avatar is standing.  You have to move side to side to avoid it.  It was fun and it took a little while to code it.  Then it was snack time.

So what did you do in snack?

T: Drank water and ate animal crackers... what else do you do in snack Tattie!! After snack I went to Rotation 2 - scratch programming.

And what did you do here?

T: I coded a series of instructions that allowed a airplane icon to draw lines on the screen using the keys on the keyboard.  Then the teacher asked me show the class how I coded the program so that you could adjust the size of the drawing by using variables.

Wow, the teacher asked you!!  Cool!!

T: Yes, he liked the way I was using variables.  After that I coded a calculator and then it was recess before lunch - so I went out and played chess.

What did you do after Lunch?

T: Rotation 3 - Activities.... I built circuits and play Stratego. After that it was straight into Kano Part two...

So what did you do there?

T: I coded with the Terminal and then played snake.

What was the hardest thing you did today?

T: It wasn't that hard a day, but what was the most challenging for me was to teach the class on how to use the variables for the pen size.  It was really hard because I had to keep stopping teaching to allow the class to keep up with me.

Welcome to being a teacher my son!!!

Tuvia will be on a field trip for tomorrow and then he brings his Kano home on Friday.  I will most likely post his last day exploits on Sunday.

Take care all and have a great Shabbat and weekend.

Yossie

Yossie Frankel

I.T. Director - Shalhevet High School
Technology Specialist - CIJE

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