Introduction to Coding-Class 723

Coding is all about...

• communicating with other students
• playing games
• giving instructions to a digital device
• making a website

The skills you acquire from coding can be used for what? 

• To make all sorts of software. 
• To create games
• To create a website
• To complete your work faster and easier 

True or False: 
Your program may not work due to a bug where instructions are in the wrong place, or numbers or instructions are in the wrong place. 

• True
• False

True or False: You rarely see computer code but it is always in the background making everything work properly

• True
• False

What is coding? 

• Create a secret language that you understand and other people need to decode. 
• A language that your computer understands. Written in a set of instructions.

True or False: 
There are 3 different programming languages

• True
• False

Scratch is mainly used for... 

• For anyone: to create games and programs with lots of pictures
• For professional use only: To create a website

What is coding?

• Communicating with a computer

• Giving instructions to a computer in a special language

• Using only numbers to make an excel spreadsheet

• Inputting data into a spreadsheet

What is a list of steps you can follow to finish a task?

• Algorithm
• Program
• Bug
• Code

What is an error in a program that prevents the program from running as expected?

• Algorithm
• Program
• Bug
• Code