Bienvenido a Meet the Teacher: el segmento del blog de CodeMonkey donde los maestros de todo el mundo comparten sus experiencias sobre lo que es ser un educador. La publicación de hoy presenta a Bernard Adhitya Kurniawan, quien es instructor de primero a noveno grado en la escuela KodeKiddo en South Tangerang, Indonesia.
“When I was a fifth grader, I was very lucky to learn a programming language meant for kids. I loved the idea, where kids are encouraged to use their logic and pour their imagination into a kid-friendly user interface, meant to wipe out the perspective where coding is a complicated procedure, done only by expert programmers. I see this as an opportunity for kids in the future to like coding. That is why I want to teach kids how to code.
Years later, I became an instructor in a startup company with a mission to teach programming to kids. I work with many platforms, designed to be kid-friendly. CodeMonkey is one of the most effective tools I use to teach kids how to code. Kids learn how to solve problems using a programming language designed to be easily understandable. Kids don’t take long to understand the language, and managed to pass the levels in no time. They were also taught how to make a simple Platformer game with interactive instructions, which helped our students understand the concept seamlessly.
Estoy muy agradecido por Codemonkey. Codemonkey ha creado uno de los mejores módulos para enseñar a los niños a codificar. A través de sus tutoriales interactivos, problemas desafiantes y una interfaz de usuario amigable para los niños, los niños de todo el mundo en estos días se sienten menos intimidados por la programación. Ahora pueden ver la codificación como una forma divertida de verter creatividad a través de un conjunto lógico de instrucciones.
Soy un educador conectado. Cuando era bastante nuevo como educador, realmente no conocía la mayoría de las plataformas que usaban los niños. Para asegurarme de que puedo seguir el rastro de mis alumnos, cada vez que un alumno levanta la mano para preguntar, examinaba la plataforma que usaban y, si algunas cosas aún no estaban claras para mí, las buscaba en línea. Sigo haciendo esto y, finalmente, me acostumbré a aprender rápidamente en línea para ayudar a mis alumnos.
Back in my days, kids learned school subjects by listening to their teachers, working on their assignments, and asking questions if something was not clear. But years later, when I begin teaching a new generation of kids, they happened to be very advanced, compared to students years before them. Today, they learn subjects by just searching online and paying attention to the given tutorials online. They have become more efficient in learning than students years ago.
We don’t need to teach kids these days in a conservative method. The era is changing; where kids are learning how to adapt to technology. They gather and process data faster than we could, back in our years. Let them explore the technology you would like to introduce, and they might operate it better than you in no time.”
