Online Girl Scouts: Coding For Good (BJ)

Thanks for your feedback. We split most of our workshops by troop level, but have several multi-level troops participate in our workshops. We have many requests for mixed-level badge workshops, so we try to be as accommodating as possible. We also try to differentiate the lesson by showing the kids how to customize the programs if they have had coding experience already, while we work at catching up some of the participants that are a bit slower or less familiar with typing in code. Sorry your Girl Scout thought it was boring. Thanks for trying us out though.

So sorry to hear your Girl Scout had a hard time with the coding class. It is a challenge for us to help with some problems if we are not in person. Some girls are more familiar with typing on computers/devices than others, so some have challenges finding the right buttons on the keyboard, or are slower to type than others. We show them how to share their code with us so we can help them find and fix their errors, and copy the code in the chat so they can copy it line by line if that helps them. We try to get to every single participant that is having an issue to make sure their code is working, and always stay online after the workshop if someone's code is still not working to work one-on-one with them if necessary. Unfortunately, we only know if someone is having an issue if they tell us because we cannot tell through a video feed. I am sorry someone was not there to help her and that she did not get enough help from us. Thanks for trying us out though.

So sorry to hear about your daughter's experience in the class. We always allow the girls to share their codes with the Educator, and often stay on workshops late to help students that need extra help with their codes. We also share the codes in the chat for them to copy and paste to help with the troubleshooting process when they have typed something in incorrectly. Unfortunately, we do not always know when students are having issues during an online class, unless they let us know, and then follow up if they continue to have issues. Thank you for trying us out though.

That is great, thank you Stacy!