Dear Families,
We live in a world surrounded by technology. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly hinge on understanding how technology works. But only a tiny fraction of us are learning computer science, and fewer students are studying it than a decade ago.
That’s why our entire school joined in on the largest education event in history: The Hour of Code. During Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 8-14), every one of our students will be amongst over 2 million worldwide spending one hour learning the basics. Today, The Fantastic First Graders spent an hour in the computer lab learning the basics of "block coding." The level of excitement was infectious!
What is the Hour of Code?
A self-guided activity for students of
all ages, kindergarten and up. We watched tutorials that featured lectures from
Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, and
artwork from popular games Angry Birds
and Plants vs. Zombies. This effort is being completed to demystify code, and
change the conversation around
computer science. Today students had their first taste of coding by participating in a national hour of computer science instruction called the Hour of Code. The hour is part of Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 8-14), and our goal is to get kids to think, create, and have a blast -- all while learning some computer programming.
We used the following websites to practice block coding. Please give your children an opportunity to show you what they learned in a short amount of time. I promise you will be amazed!
http://thefoos.com (click in play on your web browser from main menu screen)
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