Kentwood — Right, left, down, start: students in computer teacher Andy Witczak’s enrichment class programmed characters on their Chromebooks, using code to move through a maze.
“It tells the cat, or whatever character you have, what to do. It’s really fun,” explained sixth-grader Natailee Gardner. “I love being in control with the computer of what characters do. It’s really fun to do that — seeing it all move around in the way I would like it.”
Four Pinewood Middle School students — Nataliee, sixth-grader Paul Adams and eighth-graders Akram Alshamali and Dawtcin Thluai — recently showcased what they are learning in coding during a visit to Lansing, where they presented with other Michigan students at the 2025 Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning Student Technology Showcase at the Capitol.
On a poster board and their Chromebooks, students presented games they made with programs including Scratch and Micro:bit and music created with the program EarSketch to MACUL members, other students and state representatives…