What is Hour of Code? Next week, December 3-7 is Computer Science Education Week – more popularly known as Hour Of Code! Learning how to code is a skill that students will need as they enter the workforce. There are more computer science jobs available than people that can fill them! This week is a great opportunity to see how coding can be used in any subject area to engage students and enhance your curriculum.
What can I do in my classroom? Not sure what coding is or how to bring it into your classroom? We are here to help! We have prepared a list of activities for you to try: Ideas for Coding in Classroom. Want us to come do a lesson with your students? Email us right away to reserve a day and time. The first 5 teachers that sign up get a Code.Org t-shirt!
How can students learn about Hour of Code? In addition to classroom lesson ideas, advisory lessons next week will focus on coding. Each day there will be a short video with a recommended website where students can learn more about coding. In addition to t-shirts for the first 5 teachers that sign up to co-teach a coding lesson with Kyle and Jim, please also submit the names of students that participate in the Hour of Code for raffle to give away 5 Code.Org hats. This can be a class list (if all your students participate) or the names of individual students that try out coding on their own next week. Please submit student names here: Hour of Code Student Raffle
How else can student participate in Hour of Code? Kyle and Jim will make guest appearances at different lunches with “unplugged” coding activities. Students will make bracelets using binary code, learn about If.. Then… statements playing a card game and other fun, hands-on, screen-free activities.
What can I do beyond the Hour of Code? Coding in classrooms doesn’t need to be limited to one week! Reach out to Kyle and Jim about using our robots in your class or to request a guest speaker to talk about how coding is used in the workplace or to plan a 3D printing lesson with your classes. Our students deserve exposure to coding!!