So it's hardly surprising that our students (and the parent volunteers) had so much fun at the "Hour of Coding" event on Monday. As educators, we know that we want our students to learn how to think logically, how to solve problems and how to stick with a project until they are finished without simply giving up because it's too hard. During the Hour of Code activities, students developed those very skills while playing computer games. They had to figure out how to make the Angry Bird get through the maze to the pig or they had work out how to allow the zombie to get to the sunflower despite the obstacles in his path. If they didn't get it right, they simply had to "debug" their program and run it again. And they kept at it until they got it right. They worked together, helping each other and in pairs when necessary. In fact, they were having so much fun that our "Hour of Code" turned into more than an hour... and many of the students were making plans to continue at home.
Anyone can access the Hour of code.org activities and have fun learning the basic concepts. We're hoping that there will be enough interest to start a technology club after the Winter Break.
Students can still sign up through the link on the COES website for the Thursday event.
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