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Unplugged coding is teaching coding concepts without using devices. It is learning how to code without writing lines of code. When coding unplugged, students use their knowledge to work on computational challenges that will help them understand the concepts they’ll use in coding projects. Jennifer Jensen, Innovation Lab Specialist at Clear Sky Elementary, puts it this way:
“I believe there are two components to unplugged coding. The first is the act of using offline activities and games, some of which involve markers, paper, or manipulatives, as a way to teach programming concepts in an engaging and ‘unplugged’ way. The other component to unplugged coding focuses on the computational skills of:
• Decomposition
• Pattern matching
• Abstraction
• Algorithms (or automation)
These activities and games focus more on these four pillars of computational thinking and less on programming.”