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This week's activity was to practice our skills in coding. The activity I chose was the "Flappy Game," and the challenge was to follow along with the instructional process to learn all of the aspects of the game, and then you were given an opportunity in the end to create your own game. When you finish the activity you are awarded a certificate to prove your involvement, and to show that you succeeded. I chose to modify the game into a Christmas theme. I changed the background scene to be a snowy rooftop, and I changed the bird character into Santa riding a sleigh. I changed the obstacles from pipes to chimneys as well. It was fun to have the freedom to build the game into something that interests me, and with this time of year (being about a month away from Christmas) it seemed fitting to change the game in that way. This activity was a fun way to play with a familiar game, as I remember having the "flappy bird" app on my phone when it was an available app on the iTunes App Store. Now that the game is no longer available to download, it was interesting to be able to remake something in a new light. This activity, or similar ones that are available on the One Hour of Code website, would be an interesting addition to the classroom. Students would be able to flex their creativity in a new light, as they build, modify, or edit a game or logo that they may already be familiar with. Coding would make an excellent addition to art classes, as it would move beyond the traditional art class assignments of painting, drawing, etc. Students would be given the opportunity to recreate or completely create their own contribution to the Internet. As they learn about the possibilities of technology through coding, students can be creating their own unique content. This young interest in coding can grow within students throughout their educational career, and mold them for a future career in the field of coding. As we learnt in the videos in class, there is a calling for more people to learn code as there are not enough people that are getting involved in that career.
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Jessica Reynolds4th year Con. Ed. Student at LakeheadU |