Business or Pleasure: Which Laptop Is Best for Your Family?
New Year, New Devious Plans. I need some new hardware but I’m not sure which laptop best suits our Evil Genius needs. So, ASUS sent me two. *grin
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Tag: Hour of Code
Going Beyond Hour of Code: A Non-Coding Parent’s Guide
What do you say, are you ready to teach your kids code, and learn along with them? It is as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Continue ReadingHour of Code Lesson Ideas: Back to Basics
When I say ‘Lesson Plan’, it comes with a disclaimer. But yeah—I am totally taking over the world, and my kids’ classroom, for an hour of code next week.
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Hour of Code 2016: Unplugged to Fully Connected
The Hour of Code website, www.code.org, provides lessons ranging from no computer necessary to all online making Hour of Code 2016 accessible to all.
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Find Your Way with Moana in the Hour of Code
In 2014, kids were Frozen to their computers. In 2015, they were Awakened. This year, prepare to go Wayfinding with Moana in The Hour of Code.
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Coding at the Apple Store: Our Hour of Code Experience
When I heard that the Apple store ten minutes from my house would be providing an in-store class for kids, I couldn’t get my kid signed up fast enough.
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Half Hour of Code, Montessori Style: Check Out This Free Binary Counter
Teaching four-year-olds to control a computer without a computer is as complicated as it sounds.
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The Ultimate List of Toys, Kits, and Books to Teach Kids Coding
A list of physical goods to teach your kids programming and electronics. Perfect for celebrating Hour of Code or as gifts under your Yuletide tree.
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The Ultimate List of Tutorials, Apps, and Games to Teach Kids Coding
Here’s a very long (and we’re thankful for that) list of online courses, tutorials, apps, and games that teach kids (and adults!) to program.
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Get Kids Programming With ‘Minecraft’ Hour of Code
‘Minecraft’ Hour of Code takes Code.org’s popular coding challenge and makes it even more enticing for kids.
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Start Kids on a Coding Adventure with the ‘Minecraft’ Hour of Code
The Hour of Code Minecraft tutorial, aimed at kids ages 6 and up, encourages young Minecraft fans to learn to code with Blockly, a simple drag-and-drop interface.
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The Hour of Code Awakens: Build Your Own Game With Star Wars
Disney is teaming up with Code.org for The Hour of Code, and kids can make their OWN Star Wars game!
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Don’t Miss the Hour of Code – December 8-14!
Take advantage of this year’s Hour of Code to introduce your child to programming, sharpen your child’s programming skills, or even give programming a try for yourself
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What I Learned from Hour of Code (x12)
Each day, when I returned to the school like the Pied Piper of Circuits to lead another round of workshops, more and more kids started gathering at the computer lab door. I think that’s a sign of how interested kids are to keep exploring STEM fields. I had a fifth grader who told me at the beginning of the workshop that she didn’t really like computers who informed me later that she’s now thinking about studying computer science. I think that’s an hour well spent. After all, there are going to be 1.2 million new jobs in STEM fields in 2018. Who is going to fill them if we don’t raise the next generation with that information?
Continue ReadingPromote Computer Science Education With Hour of Code
Participate in Hour of Code to help reach the goal of introducing 10 million students of all ages to programming. All it takes is one hour.
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Hour of Code, Coming in December
Wait, why are you sitting here, still reading this post? Don’t you know you’re supposed to be over on Code.org, registering your child’s school for Hour of Code? Or talking with other parents on how to get this program up and running? Fine, if you’re going to keep reading, you might as well know what I’m cooking up for my children’s school.
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