We are building capacity to teach coding and we have some students who are well ahead of our teachers. To try to keep them engaged in learning without over challenging our teachers we are developing an independent study module for Code academy. Does your school do this? how do they manage accountability?
The purpose of this independent study for online learning is to support and guide students as they learn to program in a language of their choice from the CodeAcademy.com website.
Each language has a family of lessons and tutorials. For Example. If the student chooses Java, there are 15 modules.
- A student enrolling in this program would need to select the language they will learn and look over the modules.
- The student must also set a goal of how many modules they will complete in the course of the term of the elective.
- The goal should be ambitious but not impossible, if the goal needs adjustment during the term the student will have to get the adjustment approved by the supervising instructor.
- If the supervising instructor sees a need she may meet with the student and adjust the stated goals upward or downward.
- The student will create a profile on Codeacademy.com to track and share their progress with the supervising teacher.
- To apply for this elective the student must complete the Independent Learning Elective contract.
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