EDGE Institute 2014 Hour of Code Session 9:35-10:30 Instructor: Nicole Bonnell

Agenda Introduction Student Engagement Objectives and Success Criteria Background and Purpose Explore and Learn Extended Learning Options Continued Support Question and Answer

Student Engagement What strategies help students take ownership and independence in their own learning? – Learning a sport – Learning to play music – Learning to code

Session Objectives and Success Criteria Objective: Participants will understand how to access and use code.org to learn basic computer programing skills. Success Criteria: – I can access the Hour of Code at – I can write basic computer code.

Hour of Code 2013 Hour of Code movement resulted in… 37 million students trying computer science! Over 1 billion lines of code written! Offered free, open source and available worldwide! 2014 Hour of Code: Dec. 8-14,

More than 1 hour? Extended Hour of Code: 3 levels of elementary courses (K-1, 2-3, 4-5). Free workshops for elementary teachers. Middle school programming activities for math and science classes.

Continuing Support Use the code.org website’s helpline. Call or the Customer Support Center. – Extension 7030 – to CSC

Check for Understanding Objective: Participants will understand how to access and use code.org to learn basic computer programing skills. Success Criteria: – I can access the Hour of Code at – I can write basic computer code.