Cracking the Code

Hello fellow citizens of Earth! In Gt, we've been talking about coding. Some people are professionals at coding, some people have never heard of it. Either way, I think coding is something that is really good to know but not 100% necessary for everything. It would be really cool to know because you can make your own games for your phone or make an app that would help you or others with struggling topics. Or you can help friends that are trying to create an app or game or whatever they are making. Not to mention, if you have an emergency where you need to use coding then you will know how to solve it. Those are the main reasons I think would make the knowledge of coding would come in handy.

A few days ago in GT, we began working with the Hour of CODE program and completed two of several lessons offered. For most people in my class, it was their first time working with Hour of CODE but a few classmates and I did it a few years before. Of course those classmates were people that had gone to my previous school with me. Anyways, I think it was about one or two years ago that our computer teacher introduced us to coding. Though we have done two lessons here at Kapa'a Middle School, we only did the first lesson at my old school. When we first got started on the Code lesson last year, I found it really easy and continued thinking that through out the 20 levels of the first lesson. A few times I had to actually use my body to help me (I'm a hands on/auditory learner) like I was in the game and I had to turn or move a certain way. Anywho, I found Hour of CODE pretty easy.

If I could design any program or game, it would be a program where you can play games to earn free credit on iTunes or whatever game/music seller you have. It would be completely free, and every time you got a higher score than, say, one of your friends on Game Center, then you earned one dollar worth of iTunes credit to buy games or music. That way, you don't have to waste money on iTunes cards that get thrown away right after you redeem it. I would try to get some certified people to supervise the gaming and the additions to the winners account. It would save the manufacturing of gift cards and it makes it fun and easy to get music and games! Win win! Alrighty, well bye bye for now and I'll see you soon!