

Students begin their learning journey by interacting with the unplugged kit, exploring the dinosaur world of Explorer Ed the robot, through a hands-on, play-based approach to introduce algorithmic thinking and computational thinking concepts. Once students have gained confidence writing their own algorithms and developed skills to follow and give sequential instructions, they progress to using the ByteEd App to deepen understanding of algorithms through programming (coding) and learn about innovative digital technologies with AR.
Key concepts covered in this kit

Logical Order
Step by step instructions
Commands
Debugging
Decomposition
Teaching Portal: Support for teachers
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Dinosaur Steps teacher testimonials
I was also reminded of the need to teach the language of the digital technologies curriculum. Students were working with algorithms and they were learning the step by step instructions that needed to go on behind the scenes. I think this will really build on loosely understanding online coding and other tasks and game making that they might work on. The Augmented Reality (AR) with finding out more about the dinosaurs at the end was a fabulous touch.”
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