Catalina Cettolo, Renata Nicolini, Sofía Salinas Rivera, Julieta Echarri

Last post!

NTYCX  

Introduction

We have been working very hard this entire year and finally it is coming to an end.

This last post is very important because it is our last mark and that’s why our teacher decided to do something easier and more enjoyable.

The programs we have been using are called BlocksCad and Silent Teacher.

FIRST IMPRESSION, BLOCKSCAD  

 

• Reminds us of scratch
• It’s not that difficult to understand it because we have experience with programs like this
• It is interesting how many different shapes you can create and put together
• You can combine the colors and choose how much of every color you want to use

 

Similarities with Python

 

To create the object we have to do a lot of things that we also did Python this year. 

These two programs have the same concept in which they use the coding to do an end result you can use, every day. 

 

 (BlocksCat) 

(Python)

As it we said earlier, blocks can remind us of Python, because, we think the principal similarity is that, while coding or as you do in BlockCad, putting pieces, you become the result you have been looking for. Another one is that without on component or maybe a word, the project is not going to be the same, so basically it is like a pyramid and if you take one piece, everything falls apart. 

 

Finished Products

 

We think that it is very cool that we can create an object that we imagine.

We created some examples for you to see.

 

As you can see, you can create whatever object you want and decide different things, for example, the color of the parts of the object.

 

FIRST IMPRESSION, SILENT TEACHER

 

• Easy ?? : Is this program so easy?
• NOT MATHS AGAIN!
• Variables?
• “This feels like a game but it is actually a programming program”

Progression of Difficulty

At first, we didn’t understand a thing, because most of our classmates were saying that this program was very difficult but our first problem was “2+2” and we were confused, as we thought this was very easy and not really similar to what we have been doing with Python.

But as we were going forward, the problems went from easier to very difficult.

There were variables involved and then we immediately, tried until we remembered what we had to do. Once we understood the question and we connected it, with what we did in the first Term, the exercises became much easier to complete.

At the end of all levels, we were very proud of ourselves, because we remembered the majority of the technicalities of Python.

Conclusion

We believe, at the beginning of the year, it was very hard to understand the concepts explained in class. It was almost like learning another language. With time, we understood coding is everywhere we look. Every game, computer, social media platform, can’t live without codes. So for us, this learning experience, has made us grow and understand, how what we learn in class, can be seen on a day to day basis.