The hour of code

In the last days we have been working with a new program for us

called Khan Academy. Our task was to complete "The hour of code" in Khan Academy. There we have learned how to draw some objects with codes applying new concepts. We have used a talk-through, which is like a video but more interactive. We have also done step-by-step challenges to practice newly learned concepts and finally we have worked on a project where we could get more practice and be more creative with the skills we have learned. 

In the "Hour of Code" there are a few videos to help. This one is the welcome video to the "Hour of Code". Pamela, the girl talking in the videos tells us a basic idea of what you can do with codes.

The first number controlls how far the ellipse of the right and left side of the screen is, the second number controlls the height positioning which the ellipse appears on the screen, the third number means how wide or thin the ellipse is and the fourth and last number means how short or long the ellipse is.

The first challenge was to make a simple snowman. By this excercise we have only used a shape called ellipse. We have written three times ellipse to make three circles and then written the number for the position of them. As you can see on the top of the board there is a text. This text helps step-by-step during the excercise. 

After some other challenges, help videos and tips we had to choose a project. We have chosen the super snowman. This was the most complicated but also exciting excercise. Here we have used a lot of shapes and codes like triangle(for the nose), fill(every time we want to change color), line(for the hands), background and rect(for the hat).

Energy points and badges

The energy points and badges are the rewards you get every time you finish a excercise, challenge or video. We have 8900 energy points earned and 6 badges.

By: Bruno Hecker and Justo Corrente.