Learner: Saniya Ali  Learning Coach: Margaret Patrick         Date:  25.09.2015

Learning Area: Technology    -  Narrative Learning Story

Learning Observed

Saniya and Sameeha were partners during iExperience. They were using “scratchy scratchy” to animate a character using coding.  They were presenting their learning to the other students and LCs.They had selected a cat and this is what they told me as other learners and I watched them show what they had achieved. “We chose cats. We needed to watch the video 6-7 times. We practiced changing the colour of the cats and the colours of the lights (spotlights) and turning them around. We tried to make some sound but it didn’t work.  We wanted to have three cats with one in the middle at the back. We tried but we put three cats in the a row. We were thinking.  We talked together because we were having trouble. We worked at home together. I visited Sameeha’s house on the weekend and at night after school. We have 8 colours changing when we use the spacebar and the cats spin around and the lights change colour too.”

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Both learners were encouraging each other’s curiosity activating their thinking to learn how to use coding to animate their cat characters. They were collaborating to achieve  their finished animation and self managed their time well including using their own time for learning at home. They were able to  demonstrate their new capabilities using in Using Language, Symbols and text to animate their cats.

Next Learning Steps

Persist and work out they can add the sound. Connect with another expert learner who can help them with specific needs. Try coding new actions for their cat characters eg: walking, and jumping.