#54 Extend and Connect
Extend and Connect
Once a child creates a working algorithm, see if it can be applied to new objects. For example, if the silly robot can fill a glass with water, will the same algorithm work to fill a vase, a pot, a pool, or a tub with water?
Suggest a child finds a way to capture steps from algorithms. This leads to invented notation. Children like inventing their own math symbols – and seeing themselves among historical inventors of math or programming notation, like Ada Lovelace or Leonardo Fibonacci.
Analyze each command – is it hard to explain to a robot or is it easy? What types of commands are hard to explain? Are there tasks that cannot be programmed at all?
