Making the Most of Hour of Code and Beyond


When: Monday, November 21, 2016
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Where: The Spence School
22 East 91st Street (between Fifth and Madison)
New York City
Audience: Elementary and Middle School teachers, especially those just beginning to teach coding;
technology coordinators and integrators who support teachers
Prerequisites: none
Cost: $15 per person

Eventbrite - Making the Most of Hour of Code and Beyond

During Computer Science Education Week each December millions of students and their teachers spend an hour participating in a variety of coding activities. The Hour of Code website offers numerous activities for students to engage in for that hour and beyond.

These activities represent widely different approaches to computer science education. Some are games or puzzles. Some are tutorials. In this workshop we will offer guidance on how to assess the various options based on your needs and those of your students.

We will then focus on the few options that approach coding through creative computing - using computer programming as a tool to design and build a project, which may be an animated story, video game, or multimedia presentation.

You will have an opportunity to work with activity cards, tutorials, and facilitator guides that have been developed by the Scratch Team at MIT. You will be prepared to conduct an Hour of Code workshop as well as to follow up with an extended course in creative computing for your students.

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