Hour of Code - December 3rd - December 9th resources

Hello everyone,

It is that awesome time of year again – Hour of Code. https://code.org/.

December 3th  – 9th.

If you are interested in trying this with your class - I have created a guide

and Google Drive folder  that I hope will be helpful.

Your class could win robots or circuits just be signing up for the Hour

of Code.

Prior to having the students logging on for Hour of Code – a great resource

to use is a Slide that was created to kind of teach students what code really

is. The Slide and attached worksheets are available by clicking here. The

sheets describe what an algorithm is as well as what programming really is.

I recommend logging on to the site and familiarize yourself with it. Take a

look especially at the STATS page – the fact that there are currently

517,393 open computing jobs nationwide and last year, only 42,969

computer science students graduated into the workforce is

eye-opening.

While you do not have to Sign-in,  I strongly recommend it. You will be

able to see students statistics as well as have access to many lesson

plans and additional resources.

Click here for a blog post I created (with YouTube video) on how to sign

your class up on Code.org.

When you sign-in, scroll down to Teacher Home Page and click on it,

select Manage Students, select Add Multiple Students.

** If you used CODE last year, you may need to update your list of

students.

When you add your students, you will then be taken to a page

with all of their passwords. You must select “Show Secret” to

see the password.

At the bottom of the page you will see a link for your

class’s CODE page. All the students will need to do is

click on their name and type in their password. This

simplifies things a lot. Great to put on Google Classroom.

You will also see a link to print out all usernames and passwords.

The site is very similar to previous years with characters from

Star Wars, Minecraft, Disney Infinity Characters, as well as

the ability to code with Anna and Elsa (Frozen), Flappy, as

well as with wayfinding with Moana. You can even code your

own dance party - maybe I will finally be able to floss or dab -

😂

No-one wants to see that!

Click here (or embedded image below) to be taken to the site

users will be interested in the most (see inserted picture below).

Here users can select their interests, filter searches by grade

level, educator experience, student experience, as well as

what type of classroom technology is available. There is a

very nice video tutorial for users to watch (typically around 2

minutes) prior to the start of coding.

Here are two great videos  to introduce or re-introduce your

students to CODE:

Video #1 – a little under a 6 minute video – inspiring and informative

Video #2 – about a 2 minute video – with a little introduction and

then a quick bit about basic concepts of programming

I hope you and your students enjoy this site. Remember, this site

can be used throughout the year – does not just have to be December 3rd-9th.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks so much!

Brad