Elementary Students Participate in Hour of Code

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This week, the elementary students participated in the global week long event “Hour of Code”. Ms. Peggy and Mr. Jobsis facilitated students working through coding exercises found on the hour of code website. The students loved these, so feel free to let them show you what they learned by accessing the hour of code “learn” page - https://hourofcode.com/us/learn. All of the students coded using the “Beaver Achiever” and “Space Adventure” apps. But, if you go to this page with them, there are so many great options! Take your pick.

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For the Lower Elementary students, we were also able to work with our little Cubetto - the adorable codable robot that you can program to trek along his/her colorful floormat. This was also a big hit. This little guy lets you program using a coding board and multifunctional tiles - which provide the inputs.

Hour of Code Website and Info

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The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting with 1-hour coding activities but expanding to all sorts of community efforts. Check out the tutorials and activities. This grassroots campaign is supported by over 400 partners and 200,000 educators worldwide.