Hour of Code

Hello!

By 2020 it is estimated there will be 1.4 million computing jobs, but only 400,000 students studying computer science.

How can we help get kids interested in computer science and coding at a younger age?  Let’s get them coding!  The first week of December is dedicated to teaching students across the world to code.  Like learning a new language, the younger we start, the better!

Join the Hour of Code movement and plan a computer science lesson for December 5th-9th. Don’t worry, your kids will enjoy it so much, you can code the rest of the school year too!  You can even do a lesson on coding without computers.  (These lessons and tutorials can be incorporated into the curriculum any time of year.)

Here’s are some of the lesson ideas with tutorials for the students to follow:

• Code a Video Greeting Card with JavaScript (Writing)
• Use geometry and angles to code a working analog clock (Math)
• Use HTML to code a pixel character of a story (Reading)
• Code a game to label and learn the parts of a cell (Science)
• Draw Flags with JavaScript (Social Studies)
• Stop-Frame animation (Art)
• Many more lessons for every content area

Want to find out more?  Where do you start? Check out this easy step-by-step guide.  I can help you plan a coding lesson integrated into a variety of content areas.