Hour of Code and the Coder Express
Tis the season for...CODING! December 8th through the 14th marks a celebration of computer programming known as the Hour of Code. Last year code.org celebrated the Hour of Code with tens of millions of students and teachers all learning to code. Programming and coding jobs are the wave of the future and Pond Cove and many other elementary schools want to set our students up for success. Starting Monday Dec. 8th, students in grades K-4, along with their teachers, will learn what coding is and how to code. We will first learn what code actually means, and we will then try to "code" a student to turn the lights off in a classroom. Students will then use apps to learn the basics of coding. Kindergarten and first grade students will use the free app Kodable. Second grade students will use the free app Scratch Jr. 3rd and 4th grade students will use the free app LightBot. On Tuesday, December 16th we are happy to invite families to "The Coder Express"--a Polar Express T...