{"id":15574,"date":"2019-02-07T17:17:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T01:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=15574"},"modified":"2023-03-07T17:53:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T01:53:40","slug":"andy-hanes-storytelling-with-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/andy-hanes-storytelling-with-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Hanes: Storytelling with Code!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Andy Hanes: Storytelling with Code!<\/h1>\n\n\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"height: 215px; border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 10 px;\" width=\"191\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Connect<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 15px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy_hanes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15620\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue.png 400w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue-250x250.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 45px) 100vw, 45px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy_hanes\">@andy_hanes<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsbalt.org\/page\/\"><strong>Friends School<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 15px;\"><strong>Baltimore, MD<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p>If you get lucky enough to take a look inside a classroom on a Tynker day at Friends School in Baltimore, Maryland, you might see students<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy_hanes\/status\/1047126322068230145\"> researching the 13 colonies<\/a> so they can code interactive maps and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fUavWJDIcuM&amp;feature=youtu.be\">demoing<\/a> their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy_hanes\/status\/1002264036485066752\">\u201cLife Cycle of a Dragonfly\u201d<\/a> coding projects. You might hear kids laughing and saying <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy_hanes\/status\/967100015196950530\">\u201cLook what I made!\u201d<\/a> And you might feel the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy_hanes\/status\/997129979954593794\">collaborative energy<\/a> in the air as students create animated Greek myths using code. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind the scenes of these dynamic learning experiences are dedicated educators like Andy Hanes, the Lower School Technology Integrator and Educator at &nbsp;Friends School, who\u2019s passionate about integrating computer science and coding across the curriculum. As he explains in an inspiring <a href=\"https:\/\/v2.touchcast.com\/friendsbalt\/tynker_video\">video<\/a>: \u201cNo longer should we be teaching content or skills in a silo.\u201d  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"\/\/v2.touchcast.com\/embed\/257554\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\"> <\/iframe> &nbsp;What results should this kind of interdisciplinarity produce? At Friends School, Andy helps students discover as they learn content and better understand their own skills and gifts. <em>Innovative storytelling<\/em> brings together subjects some people might think are too disparate to link, like coding and social studies. Andy\u2019s approach to integrating curriculum is a roadmap for educators everywhere who are ready to unleash their students\u2019 creative genius across disciplines!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy knows that hands-on experience helps students understand concepts as they discover relationships between pieces. That\u2019s why students often work on tasks like electrical invention projects that involve coding.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy_hanes\/status\/969303759569457160\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190207162644\/Hanes_electrical.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15576\" width=\"298\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190207162644\/Hanes_electrical.jpg 957w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190207162644\/Hanes_electrical-150x142.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190207162644\/Hanes_electrical-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190207162644\/Hanes_electrical-768x729.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy_hanes\/status\/969303759569457160\"><em>Via Twitter<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When teachers and students integrate coding across the curriculum, they interact with content in new ways that challenge their perception of their ability in that subject, which can lead to personal growth. Andy describes what happens when kids use Tynker in their math classes: \u201cSome kids who struggle in math shine when they\u2019re doing the Tynker coding programs or different projects and they\u2019re helping other kids. And kids who might really do well in the computational area of math all of a sudden are stretched and challenged in new ways, which is pretty cool.\u201d <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coding becomes a catalyst for collaboration as kids share what they learned with others, thus enhancing each others\u2019 process of discovery: \u201cWe have kids being able to teach each other and help each other and bounce ideas off each other, and that really deepens learning too, when a kid can say, \u2018Ooh, look what I just learned!\u2019 and \u2018Let me show you how to do this.\u2019\u201d &nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><em>\u201cNo longer should we be teaching content or skills in a silo.\u201d -Andy Hanes<\/em><\/strong><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen projects are created, on some level, a story of some sort is being told&#8230;Creators of stories are engaged in the design-thinking process.\u201d That\u2019s what Andy <a href=\"https:\/\/v2.touchcast.com\/friendsbalt\/tynker_video\">has to say<\/a> about the importance of narrative construction that inevitably results from coding.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of innovative storytelling is exactly what happens as kids demonstrate their learning. &nbsp;Take for example a project requiring students to demonstrate the life cycle of a dragonfly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fUavWJDIcuM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 20px;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coding is a new storytelling medium&#8211;and prime knowledge assessment tool&#8211;for the 21st century, a theme that permeates much of the coding work Andy does with students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As students discover new content knowledge and personal strengths and areas for growth, they\u2019re better equipped to tell their own stories through a variety of media. Learning to code facilitates this process, and Andy Hanes helps make this creative endeavor possible at Friends School. Thanks for all you do for students, Andy&#8211;we&#8217;re thrilled you are part of the Tynker community as a Blue Ribbon Educator! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about how\nAndy is empowering students through code <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/much-like-the-butterfly-the-hour-of-code-effect-guest-post\/\">here<\/a>\nand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/tynker-evens-the-playing-field-at-friends-school-of-baltimore\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/code.org\/advocacy\/state-facts\/MD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190209074815\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-09-at-9.45.44-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190209074815\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-09-at-9.45.44-AM.png 739w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190209074815\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-09-at-9.45.44-AM-150x45.png 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190209074815\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-09-at-9.45.44-AM-300x91.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Hanes: Storytelling with Code! 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