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    Let's Code! - Celebrating Computer Science Education Week Dec. 9-15 Vol. 6 #10

    Our Posterity = Our Children

    Enhancing our children's S.T.E.A.M education is imperative to their success and will help them become innovators of the future.

    S.T.E.A.M stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math.

    Computer programming falls in line with these concepts because learning to code will help children improve their:

    Creativity

    Critical Thinking

    Independent Thinking

    Brainstorming

    Problem solving

    Teamwork

    In our last blog we talked about Computer Science Education Week and the importance of teaching our children to understand computer programming. This week, let's learn more about the website that's making coding exciting and fun for our children!

    You may have not heard of Code.org, but it is very likely that your children have! The website was established by twin brothers Hadi & Ali Partovi. Hadi came up with the idea while thinking about his contributions to society and what kind impact he was going to leave behind. He wanted to expose all children to computer science and stress the importance learning how to program.

    Code.org lets students participate in tutorials, where they can write small pieces of code using a visual programming language called Blockly. The website gives them the ability to create things like movies, games, and apps some using

    characters from their favorite movies

    and video games.


    The website also launched (the) Hour of Code, which has now reached hundreds of millions of students all over the world!

    Although "Hour of Code" is an annual event, remember, it can be utilized any day, any time, any where!

    Science

    Technology

    Engineering Let's Code

    Art

    Math

    Let's check out some of the tutorials Code.org has to offer!

    Pre Reader

    Learn to drag and drop

    Ages 5-8

    Sequencing with Angry Birds

    Ages 6-10

    Collecting Treasure

    Ages 7-11

    The Harvester

    Ages 8-12

    Drawing with Loops

    Ages 9-13

    Alien Dance Party

    For more tutorials like this please visit Code.org.

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