TMST: Hour of Code 2018

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Computer Science Education Week and #HourOfCode are almost HERE!!!


This year CISD will be celebrating the week of December 3rd-9th. Our Digital Learning Coach team has worked to create some awesome resources all included on the CISD Hour of Code website.




K-2 educators will find a collection of resources that can be used with learners including unplugged activities, vocabulary and more.

3-12th grade learners can go directly to self-directed Hour of Code using Learner Choice Menus on the site. On the choice menus, learners may select one of four topics. Each topic has a learn, do, and reflect portion to complete. All reflections will be shared via a districtwide Flipgrid so we can all celebrate our learning together!
Once your learners have participated in the Hour of Code, we encourage you to celebrate and award them their Hour of Code Certificate of Completion. A digital version of this certificate is available through the Flipgrid reflection topics. These could be easily added as a celebration to Bulb. We want to encourage you to participate and reflect in the hour of code along with your learners.

Please use #HourOfCode #CISDCode2Learn & #CISDOurStory in your Tweets!
Let me know how I can help you design or implement Hour of Code activities!



Want to think beyond the #hourofcode? Check out this post from the archives about going beyond the hour!

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