Today our class learned a little bit about coding and how it can be used in the classroom.  I have heard so much about coding both in my work as an EA, as well as from my own children who have done it in their own school.   I have never really understood what exactly coding is, however, and it always has felt like a daunting complicated skill to me.  Through the videos we watched prior to today’s class I found that it began to make a little more sense.  Having coding explained as breaking a problem down into different components to solve made more sense to me.  I tried the coding with Anna and Else program today and honestly found it a little tricky.  Though I understand a little more about what coding is and how it might be useful in the classroom especially given how technology is such an ever expanding area, I still can wrap my brain around how it works.  I think if I had had more time today to work in the coding practice program I may have been able to figure it out, but once it started asking me to code multiple lines I was lost.  From my experience though, children seem to really love coding, and I do see how it is a skill that can help in many areas of learning, so I would like to expand my own learning as well.