ISPP Hour of Code: After the Hour

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We experienced outstanding participation in the Hour of Code and have high hopes that some of our learners will continue learning to program... for fun! Here is a list of resources for learning to code.

Tuesday 9 December: Hour of Code on the Elementary Campus
We had parents, students, and teachers involved in the hour of code at the Media Center. It was inspiring to see our learners struggle and succeed as they worked through tutorials. A few of our ISPP ESTA (Elementary Student Technology Advisory) students were able to volunteer as supporters to help people when they got stuck. Afterwards they were absolutely glowing from the experience, and they said it was challenging to help people, and they loved it! Thank you to all who joined us!




Thursday 11 December: Hour of Code on the Secondary Campus
ISPP students, teachers, and 25 students from the Liger Learning Center participated in the hour of code in the Art room. A few of our more experienced coding students were able to support people who struggled, and great success was found by all.




Coding in the Classroom
Throughout Computer Science Education week and into this week, all grade 2-5 students did at least one hour of code and are learning Scratch and Code Monkey, both campuses are experimenting with Minecraft, and all Grade 6 and 7 Math classes followed the Khan Academy JavaScript tutorial. Here is a video with some of their JavaScript drawings. Wishing you safe and happy holidays!

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