Coder Card Storage

[Desiree_White-Price]

This year we are going to have many more students using the coder cards. What are some ways that my VEX friends find are manageable for students to store them. I know putting them in an out of the sleeve can be somewhat tough for our little hands. @Audra_Selkowitz @Aimee_DeFoe @Tina_Dietrich

[Alaina_Haws]

My first thought is using something like this and having all of one type of card in each bin. Then you can easily pull out what you need for a lesson and put them in their own bin for each group! These little drawers are also easy for small hands to use so they can be responsible for putting them back at the end of the lesson.

Just one idea! Im sure others have more ideas for us

[Desiree_White-Price]

I love it!

[Audra_Selkowitz]

@Desiree_White-Price - One of the nice features about storing Coder cards this way (aside from students not having to deal with the sleeves) is that you can very easily select just the Coder cards that students will need for a project, without giving them access to a bunch of additional cards that they don’t need and risk losing them.

Sorted this way, while prepping for a lesson, you can just pull the set of Coder cards each group will need into a small cup (or an extra drawer) and give it to the group.

But the best part at least to me, is that I could keep a “Coder card Counter” on the board, and write in the number of cards each group had to start the lesson. If I added an additional card - I changed the number. When it’s time to clean up - each group returns their cup/drawer and if they do not have the correct number of cards, they can go fix it quickly and easily.

Another perk - once students were comfortable with the setup and I knew they could be trusted to take care of the materials - prepping and putting away Coder cards became a much sought after classroom job and ‘reward’ for students that needed a little extra incentive during the day! I could give a printed list of the cards that were needed, and have 2 students gather them for the class, and write the number on the Counter. At the end of the lesson, other students could be responsible for “checking in” Coder cards, counting them, and resorting them.

[Desiree_White-Price]

This makes sense and what I was thinking as well.