Presentations

Presentations to play

Pick one and press Play: it goes full screen and shows B4Coder itself, with a voice. Let it play automatically, or click through it a step at a time and turn the voice off to explain it yourself.

Schools and colleges

B4Coder for colleges

Why logic comes before syntax, then live demos of the app: a program built, run and turned into code, Story Mode, Data Lab, challenges, and a class's progress. Ends with how it compares with Flowgorithm, and a pilot plan.

Heads of department and faculty About 15 minutes 12 slides

1. Logic before syntax
2. Build, run, see the code
3. 22 blocks
4. Story Mode
5. Data Lab
6. Challenges
7. For faculty
8. For students
9. Flowgorithm and B4Coder
10. A pilot

B4Coder for schools

Coding for every student, logic first. A principal's story, a first program built and run, Story Mode, challenges, login cards with no email, and what a school gets. Ends with a pilot plan.

Principals and teachers, grades 6–12 About 10 minutes 9 slides

1. Logic first
2. The principal's story
3. A first program
4. Story Mode
5. Challenges
6. Login cards, no email
7. The teacher's story
8. What your school gets
9. A pilot

Parents

Give them a head start

For a parents' evening or a webinar: from playing games to making them, why coding is thinking in steps, Story Mode, a loop, and challenges with hints. Free to start, in any browser.

Parents About 6 minutes 8 slides

1. From playing games to making them
2. Why it works
3. Story Mode
4. A loop
5. Challenges with hints
6. Simple to start

Teachers

Your class on B4Coder

For teachers once their school has signed up: the first week in four steps, making student logins, setting challenges with a due date, what students see, Data Lab, reading progress, and tips.

Teachers About 7 minutes 9 slides

1. Your first week
2. Student logins
3. Set challenges
4. What students see
5. Data Lab
6. Progress
7. Tips

In class

Lesson: the basics

What a program is, asking a question, keeping values, and swapping two of them: each in real life, built, run, and in real code, with a challenge for the class.

Students starting out About 7 minutes 6 slides

1. A program
2. Ask
3. Values
4. Swap
5. Practise in Logic Land

Lesson: decisions

How programs decide: if and else, then one of many paths. Each in real life, built, run, and in real code, with a challenge for the class.

Students About 4 minutes 4 slides

1. if / else
2. Choose
3. Practise in Decision Castle

Lesson: loops

Doing it again: Repeat, Repeat While, Count and For Each. Each in real life, built, run, and in real code, with a challenge for the class.

Students About 7 minutes 6 slides

1. Repeat
2. Repeat While
3. Count
4. For Each
5. Practise in Loop City

Lesson: lists and data

Working with data: lists, filtering and sorting a table, and stacks and queues. Each in real life, built, run, and in real code, with a challenge for the class.

Students About 5 minutes 5 slides

1. Lists
2. Filter and sort
3. Stacks and queues
4. Practise in Code Factory

Lesson: functions and objects

Make your own block with a function, and keep values with named parts in an object. Each in real life, built, run, and in real code, with a challenge for the class.

Students About 4 minutes 4 slides

1. Functions
2. Objects
3. Practise in Algorithm Arena

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