Please encourage your children to participate in the Hour of Code, a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. It is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. Here at ISB, we will participate by adding up the lunch times during the week of December 7 – 13. We will be meeting in the Greene room (Main Library). Students will eat lunch first and then head to the library with their computer. They will have a chance to try any of the levels offered by Code.org and choose from new tutorials for every age and every device (featuring Minecraft and Star Wars!) It’ll be fun!
If you ever wonder why we do this, the answer is because we want to enable all children to become creators, not just consumers (read more about this here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/avidlarizadeh/2014/03/03/hour-of-code-lets-enable-all-children-to-become-creators-not-just-consumers/)
For more information about the Hour of Code and an intro video to one of the tutorials please visit these two links:
- Learn an hour of code: https://code.org/learn
- Star Wars with Blockly – Hour of Code: Introduction – https://youtu.be/v7jSy_yE9U0
Thanks for your support,
Mr. Miguel Zambrano