What is Hour of Code?
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Design a RobotUnplugged Activity In this lesson, students will build their literacy skills while diving into the field of robotics. They'll watch Flocabulary's educational hip-hop video to find out what a robot is and see examples of robots in daily life. They'll close-read short passages about robots, discuss tasks that robots are well suited for and finish the lesson by designing their own robot to solve a specific problem. | Women in TechUnplugged Activity This 3-part unit explores gender inequality and engages students in activities and discussions around different experiences and perspectives. Highlighting influential women in the history of tech, students learn about past pioneers and form their own opinions on equality in the tech field. At the end of the unit, students express their opinions in writing to effect change in their school community. | Compression Code PuzzlesUnplugged Activity Data on computers is stored as long sequences of characters – ultimately as binary 1s and 0s. The idea with compression is that we use an algorithm to change the way the information is represented so that fewer characters are needed to store exactly the same information. |
Design a Robot
Unplugged Activity
In this lesson, students will build their literacy skills while diving into the field of robotics. They'll watch Flocabulary's educational hip-hop video to find out what a robot is and see examples of robots in daily life. They'll close-read short passages about robots, discuss tasks that robots are well suited for and finish the lesson by designing their own robot to solve a specific problem.
Women in Tech
Unplugged Activity
This 3-part unit explores gender inequality and engages students in activities and discussions around different experiences and perspectives. Highlighting influential women in the history of tech, students learn about past pioneers and form their own opinions on equality in the tech field. At the end of the unit, students express their opinions in writing to effect change in their school community.
Compression Code Puzzles
Unplugged Activity
Data on computers is stored as long sequences of characters – ultimately as binary 1s and 0s. The idea with compression is that we use an algorithm to change the way the information is represented so that fewer characters are needed to store exactly the same information.
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Create your own Google LogoWeb Browser with Audio directions Use your creativity and imagination to bring the Google logo to life using code. Make the letters dance, tell a story or create a game. With Scratch and CS First, anyone can become a designer and programmer for the day! | Infinity Play LabSelf-led Tutorial Use Play Lab to create a story or game starring Disney Infinity characters. | Program a virtual robot with RobominSelf-led Tutorial Students learn the basics of programming by controlling their own virtual robot. The online course is fully self-contained with short presentations, movies, quizzes and automatic guidance/hints to help with the programming exercises. |
Create your own Google Logo
Web Browser with Audio directions
Use your creativity and imagination to bring the Google logo to life using code. Make the letters dance, tell a story or create a game. With Scratch and CS First, anyone can become a designer and programmer for the day!
Infinity Play Lab
Self-led Tutorial
Use Play Lab to create a story or game starring Disney Infinity characters.
Program a virtual robot with Robomin
Self-led Tutorial
Students learn the basics of programming by controlling their own virtual robot. The online course is fully self-contained with short presentations, movies, quizzes and automatic guidance/hints to help with the programming exercises.
Save the date for our Computer Science Workshop February 12, 2019 from 8:30 - 11:30a at our 6th Street building in Cedar Rapids. We'll learn more about Iowa's Computer Science standards, share strategies for incorporating computer science and coding into core subjects and plan for next steps in your classroom and building. Please sign up for course #168479 and bring a team including administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers.
Questions? Contact Us!
Hour of Code is a wonderful way to build excitement and provide students and educators opportunities to code! Please contact Corey Rogers if you're interested in incorporating Computer Science and coding into your learning community.
If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to Corey (crogers@gwaea.org) or your district's Digital Learning Consultant for more information.
