Hello World!

This week our assignment was to try out a coding project. I am very unfamiliar with coding and have absolutely ZERO experience working with any type of coding. I thought Scratch coding looked easy enough but I lasted about 20 minutes before I gave up in frustration. I could not figure it out, even with trying to find tutorial videos. It was too complex for my non-coding brain. So I moved on to Hour of Code and chose a Grade 2 level project called “Hello World!” which matched my ability level perfectly (Lol!)

The directions at the top of the page told me what to do.

I really liked this platform because it walked me through every single step. For someone like me who knows nothing, I really appreciated the tutorial videos that came up at different stages. They also give directions for what you need to do. The Scratch coding was way too open-ended. There was so much to do I couldn’t figure out what to do or how to do it. With hour of code I just followed the directions and was able to complete the project.

These tutorial videos were at the beginning and popped up at different stages.

I would definitely use Hour of Code in my classroom or with young students, it would be a great introduction to coding. But I do think many kids could create some cool projects on Scratch, and I have way more respect for this kids now that I experienced how complex it really is!

I thought this feature was cool-you could click a button and see the actual written code for what you had created.