Programming (6): Closing survey: What children felt they learnt

The last day of the short camp was spent watching Black Stallion. I decided to use this time and get to see their work (for the programs I put up) and also spoke to each child to do a closing survey of their learning in the week. We also saw each others work at the end of the movie which was a nice way to complete the program.

Here were three questions I posed to the children:

Q1) Do you feel you learnt something new? If so, what is it?

• How to make something work on a computer.
• How to make something work.
• I didn’t know Scratch. I know so many things in it now. I can move characters in different ways, change looks, add sound, etc.
• I can make my own things, sounds, movements I want, etc
• I can do my own story and make the characters talk on screen
• To open an computer and work on it to do something useful.
• To have a conversation between two people.
• I learnt how to play games, then how to make my own and save it so I can see it later.
• I didn't know how to open a computer. Now I know a lot!
• I can make the cat small, big, color change, change it into other things. Do many things.
• I learnt many things to do in scratch.
• I learn many things I did not know before.
• How to paint on a computer.

Q2) What is programming to you (if all what you did last week was programming)?

• To make a object walk, talk, changing location.
• Game - how do we create it yourself.
• To get something done.
• To make something happen on its own without having to do it step by step
• To be able to do something.
• To make two people talk, turn, joke, etc
• On the computer to do something new.
• To be able to do something new on a computer is programming.
• To act, drama, dance, singing, movement, etc
• To be able to make a story, actions, movement from one place to another
• Make a computer change things and do things, making games.
• To make a drama, do be able to do something.
• Using Scratch!
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Q3) Did you debug i.e. find something that was not as you wanted and fix it yourself?

• Pendulum movement and sound was not in sync and I figured out the issue and put it in sync.
• Actual pendulum was going only in one direction (right). I was able to identify what went wrong and correct it.
• Pendulum - repeats I had initially got wrong. I saw the results and then corrected the program.
• I was spelling words incorrectly. I now put it in an editor run spell check and then use the text in my stories.
• I did, but I don't remember. I saw the results and found out what was wrong and fixed it.
• If two people talk and something is out of sync e.g. both talk together I am able to find out why and correct it with putting the correct number of delays.
• I saw what others did and did the same.
• No
• No
• I did do it, but now I don't remember exactly what it was.
• I modified the default cat into what I wanted
• There was a problem and you helped me fix it. I think I can do something like this myself.
• No
• I painted something wrong and corrected it.

Q4) Do you feel any different when you use a computer now than you did a week back?

• It feels different. Instead of just playing a game I will make things on my own. I also appreciate how much effort it has taken people to make all the programs that we use.
• I feel different. I can do things myself now.
• I will only spend some time to play at the computer. Now I find the computer interesting, because I can do things myself.
• Its different. I had done drawing. I feel like I can do a project on it.
• A little different. I know a lot about how the computer itself does things.
• I used to play games and sums, this is a different program. The computer feels the same.
• It feels different. I used to do maths, here I can do many different things. It feels more creative and interesting.
• It feels different, but I can't explain why.
• It feels different. I used to play games, I now know scratch and I find it interesting.
• I feel different. I used to play earlier, now I do things.
• Its feels different. Instead of playing games I feel I am doing something constructive.
• I feel the same.
• Its different. I now like a computer.