Hour of Code 2017 Is Coming
Are You Ready? Join 200,000 Educators Worldwide!
This year, Dec. 4-10 marks the week of Hour of Code. What was started in 2013 by Code.org to “demystify” code has now turned into a global, weeklong effort to promote the value of learning to code to learners ages 4 to 104. The Hour of Code coincides with Computer Science Education Week as well, which honors computing pioneer Admiral Grace Hopper’s birthday (Dec. 9, 1906).
We at Wonder Workshop are excited to partner with Code.org again this year. We’ve released new standards-aligned learning activities for grades PK-8: www.makewonder.com/hourofcode. These activities will be featured under “Robotics” on Code.org’s site, too: https://hourofcode.com/us/learn/robotics.
- We have new lesson plans for our new Puzzlets for Dash offering for PK, K, and first-graders.
- We have four Dash & Dot activities for grades 2-5. These activities give you a glimpse of a few of our popular Challenge Cards from our K-5 Learn to Code Curriculum. All activities are aligned to CSTA, NGSS, and Common Core State Standards.
- We have two brand-new activities for Cue, our new robot for middle schoolers! The two hour-long activities are aligned to CSTA standards. Learn more about this sophisticated CleverBot.
- Don’t forget we also have seven sequenced coding challenges available for Dash within Swift Playgrounds!
- And you have until Dec. 31 to sign up teams of kids ages 6–12 for our free, virtual Wonder League Robotics Competition. Currently we have teams from 59 countries participating. Join us in these three creative problem-solving missions. Two teams will win $5,000 STEM grant grand prizes in the Invitational Round. Join us: https://education.makewonder.com/robotics-competition
In addition, we are hosting a webinar on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. PST/5 p.m. PST. Come hear from our Curriculum Designer, Charlotte Cheng, and the Director of Elementary School Computer Science Academics for New York City Public Schools, Lionel Berger, as they discuss how to Harness the Power of the Curriculum Design Thinking Process [sign up HERE]. We’ll also be at the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco from 4–6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, hosting a free Dash & Dot workshop for Bay Area educators. You can still register to join us. We have three giveaways with Edmodo; if you share your Hour of Code story you are entered to win your choice of a Wonder Pack or a Cue robot. Plus we have a special promotion going on until Dec. 15.
So much going on … all in honor of the Hour of Code! Show your support with us by pledging to participate in the Hour of Code: https://hourofcode.com/us. Enjoy our new Dash, Dot, and Cue activities!
