Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. Good news is, we’re on our way to change this. If you've heard about the Hour of Code before, you might know it made history. More than 100 million students have tried an Hour of Code.
With the Hour of Code, computer science has been on homepages of Google, MSN, Yahoo! and Disney. Over 100 partners joined together to support this movement. Last year, every Apple Store in the world hosted an Hour of Code and even President Obama wrote his first line of code as part of the campaign.
This year, let's make it even bigger. I’m asking you to join in for the Hour of Code 2015. Please get involved with an Hour of Code event during Computer Science Education Week, December 7-13.
Our Hour of Code is a statement that WRSD is ready to teach these foundational 21st century skills. To continue bringing programming activities to students, we want to make our Hour of Code event huge. WRSD students in grades K through 8 will be participating within their Computer Technology classes, and grades 9-12 will have the opportunity to explore while in many of their seminar and core classes.
For more details, go to Hour of Code (http://hourofcode.com/us) to try it out yourself, or why not with your class. Also, take a look at the activities offered by other Hour of Code partners:
- Hour of Code Tutorials (Star Wars, Minecraft, Frozen) - https://code.org/learn
- Google's Made with Code - https://www.madewithcode.com/
- Tynker's Hour of Code - https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/
- Khan Academy’s Hour of Code - https://www.khanacademy.org/hourofcode
- Codecademy’s Hour of Code - https://www.codecademy.com/courses/hour-of-code-en/0/1
Explore and Enjoy!
Maria
Maria E. Pearson
Instructional Technology Specialist
Winnisquam Regional School District
My Blog - http://wrsdtechnology.
