Our group is going to teach k-12 students to write code in Java. I found a video from YouTube, it talks about what is coding. It is a good video that explains how code works and why we need to write code to ask computers to do all the tasks. It also talks about a brief history of code. 

Question 2: In what way are they likely to respond to the video on their own, e.g. make notes, do an activity, think about the topic (learner-generated)?

They may think about the topic of the video: ‘what is coding’. I think whenever we want to learn something, we have to know what it is. Our goal is to let k-12 students know what is coding and why coding is important. We don’t need them to learn all the languages. Thus, I hope after watching this video, they can think about the mean topic of the video.

Question 3:What activity could you suggest that they do, after they have watched the video (designed)? What type of knowledge or skill would that activity help develop? What medium or technology would students use to do the activity?

I think after watching the video, we can give them an activity. In the video, it talks about the binary number. We will teach them how to calculate the binary number and show them a few examples. After that, we will give them some questions to answer. When I first learned to write code, binary number was the first thing I learned. I think it is also a good thing to teach k-12 students because binary number is the most basic thing about computer science.  They don’t need any medium or technology to do the activity, all they need is a pencil and a piece of paper. They just need to calculate the answer to each question. Once they finished them, they can take a picture and send it to us by Slack or email.

Question 4: How would students get feedback on the activity that you set? What medium or technology would they and/or you use for getting and giving feedback on their activity?

After students send their answers to us, we can check them. It is not hard at all. If someone understands, they won’t make any mistakes. Thus, if we find out some students have trouble with it, we can use slack to teach them.

Question 5: How much work for you would that activity cause? Would the work be both manageable and worthwhile? Could the activity be scaled for larger numbers of students?

This activity is more like a warm-up, it won’t take too long for them to answer and for us to mark. However, it is manageable and worthwhile. As I said, binary number is one of the basic things of computer science. It is not hard to learn but it is crucial to understand how the computer works. Since each person will answer questions by themselves, which means it is manageable, it also means the activity can be scaled for larger number of students.

After reading  Larissak prompt, I think EDUBLOGS may be a better place to communicate with our students. I will look into that platform with my group members and figure out how to use it.