{"id":3180,"date":"2016-08-25T15:40:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T22:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2016-08-24T15:44:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T22:44:33","slug":"learn-to-program-on-the-ipad-using-hopscotch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2016\/08\/25\/learn-to-program-on-the-ipad-using-hopscotch\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Program on the iPad using Hopscotch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hopscotch is a shockingly simple and comprehensive app that allows students to experience writing code and programming\u00a0on the iPad. Chances are that if you look over a student’s shoulder who is using Hopscotch, you might think they were just playing a game. \u00a0However, it is more likely they wrote the game! \u00a0The Hopscotch website<\/a> has a curriculum guide with tons of lessons to get kids interested in programming. \u00a0Although many of our students are finding Hopscotch themselves, students may have a more powerful experience after exposure to the curriculum and project ideas available on the website. \u00a0Give Hopscotch a try right here. \u00a0Load the app on to your iPad and follow the instructions linked here<\/a>. \u00a0It is a video tutorial that will turn your iPad into an Etch-o-sketch! \u00a0Try it on your own or share the video with your class. \u00a0You will be surprised\u00a0how easy it is to program tools, games, drawings, and even stories using Hopscotch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hopscotch is a shockingly simple and comprehensive app that allows students to experience writing code and programming\u00a0on the iPad. Chances are that if you look over a student’s shoulder who is using Hopscotch, you might think they were just playing Continue reading Learn to Program on the iPad using Hopscotch<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stc_notifier_status":"sent","_stc_notifier_sent_time":"2016-08-25 16:20:26","_stc_notifier_request":false,"_stc_notifier_prevent":false,"_stc_subscriber_keywords":"","_stc_subscriber_search_areas":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10695,3852],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elementary-school","category-middle-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3181,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions\/3181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}