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"The #hourofcode has now reached 300 million hours around the world" - @hadip from @codeorg at the @NASDAQ opening for #CSEdWeek #csforall

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Pre K students writing Code in room 202. Mr. Hernandez it is wonderful to see your Pre K students coding. Happy Computer Science in Education Week to all of our amazing teachers and students.

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We are excited to learn about programing and code during our daily hour of code activities.
#cs4aldine #hourofcode #letsteachcode @vinesecpk

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Students had a good time with today's Coding activity. Happy Computer Science Week! #cs4Aldine #hourofcode #aldinecodes #teachcode

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This Week at Vines EC/PreK

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Teacher Guide

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Teacher Guide

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Teacher Guide

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Day 1
Monday
December 5, 2016

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Day 2
Tuesday
December 6, 2016

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Design your own candy troll and go on a multi-level quest for candy using code in this Hour of Code activity!

Activity Details

Design your own candy troll character and go on a multi-level quest for candy to eventually help your character find its way home. You'll solve coding puzzles to navigate your character through the human world, while avoiding obstacles and collecting gumdrops and mints.

Teacher Notes

Students solve several coding puzzles and learn to use basic programming concepts such as loops and conditional statements.

Teacher Guide | Answer Key

Standards

CCSS-ELA: 3.RI.3, 4.RI.3, 3.RI.5, 3.RF.4, 4.RF.4, 3.L.4
CSTA: L1:3.CT.1, L1:6.CT.1, L1:6.CPP.1, L1:6.CPP.5, L1:6.CPP.6

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50+ tutorials for Grade K-12

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Grades

K-4

Programming language

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Experience

Beginner

Activity type

Self-led Tutorial

Length

30 mins

Runs on: Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser

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Candy Quest - Quest Programming | Tynker Hour of Code

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CANDY QUEST: Design your own candy troll and go on a multi-level quest for candy using quest programming code in this Hour of Code activity! Tynker makes learning to code fun!

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Day 3
Wednesday
December 7, 2016

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Pixel the puppy is lost! Use code to help Pixel get home by following the path and avoiding obstacles.

Activity Details

Pixel the puppy was enjoying a nice day out with his family, but they forgot to put him in the car and left without him! Can you program Pixel to find his way home? In each puzzle, you'll navigate Pixel to avoid obstacles so he can get back home to his family.

Teacher Notes

Students use problem solving skills and learn to recognize patterns and write small programs.

Teacher Guide | Answer Key

Standards

CCSS-ELA: 3.RI.3, 4.RI.3, 3.RI.5, 3.RF.4, 4.RF.4, 3.L.4
CSTA: L1:3.CT.1, L1:6.CT.1, L1:6.CPP.1, L1:6.CPP.5, L1:6.CPP.6

Get Started in 5 Minutes

50+ tutorials for Grade K-12

Progress tracking (needs classroom setup)

Student metrics & certificates (needs classroom setup)

Lesson guides & answer keys

Marketing materials

Set Up Your Classroom

Grades

K-4

Programming language

Tynker Blocks

Experience

Beginner

Activity type

Self-led Tutorial

Length

30 mins

Runs on: Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser

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Puppy Adventure - Coding Puzzles & Dog coding| Tynker Hour of Code

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Dog Coding:start an exciting puppy adventure with Tynker's dog coding! Explore fun and engaging dog adventure codes in this immersive coding experience.

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Day 4
Thursday
December 8, 2016

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Peep: Dance with Friends | Hour of Code | Tynker

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Program an animated dancing scene with your favorite characters from Peep and the Big Wide World.

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Day 5
Friday
December 9, 2016

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Please share all that you are doing this week in Google +

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Note: This blog post outlines upcoming changes to Google Currents for Workspace users. For information on the previous deprecation of Google+ for users with personal Google accounts, please see this post.

What's Changing

We are nearing the end of this transition. Beginning July 5, 2023, Currents will no longer be available. Workspace administrators can export Currents data using Takeout before August 8, 2023. Beginning August 8th, Currents data will no longer be available for download.

Although we are saying goodbye to Currents, we continue to invest in new features for Google Chat, so teams can connect and collaborate with a shared sense of belonging. Over the last year, we've delivered features designed to support community engagement at scale, and will continue to deliver more. Here is a summary of the features with additional details below:

This month, we're enabling new ways for organizations to share information across the enterprise with announcements in Google Chat. This gives admin controls to limit permissions for posting in a space, while enabling all members to read and react, helping ensure that important updates stay visible and relevant. Later this year, we plan to simplify membership management by integrating Google Groups with spaces in Chat, enable post-level metrics for announcements, and provide tools for Workspace administrators to manage spaces across their domain.
Announcements in Google Chat Managing space membership with Google Groups
We've already rolled out new ways to make conversations more expressive and engaging such as in-line threading to enable rich exploration of a specific topic without overtaking the main conversation and custom emojis to enable fun, personal expression.
In-line threaded conversations Discover and join communities with up to 8,000 members
We've also made it easier for individuals to discover and join communities of shared interest. By searching in Gmail, users can explore a directory of available spaces covering topics of personal or professional interest such as gardening, pets, career development, fitness, cultural identity, and more, with the ability to invite others to join via link. Last year, we increased the size of communities supported by spaces in Chat to 8,000 members, and we are working to scale this in a meaningful way later this year.
A directory of spaces in Google Chat for users to join.
Our partner community is extending the power of Chat through integrations with essential third-party apps such as Jira, GitHub, Asana, PagerDuty, Zendesk and Salesforce. Many organizations have built custom workflow apps using low-code and no-code tools, and we anticipate that this number will continue to grow with the GA releases of the Chat API and AppSheet's Chat app building capabilities later this year.

For teams to thrive in this rapidly changing era of hybrid work, it's essential to build authentic personal connections and a strong sense of belonging, no matter when or where individuals work. We will continue to make Google Chat the best option for Workspace customers seeking to build a community and culture for hybrid teams, with much more to come later this year.

Who's impacted

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New community features for Google Chat and an update on Currents

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Webmix has this week's coding activities that you and your students can use for quick access.

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Lesson Plans for the Week

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Access Google Sheets with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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December 5th - 9th, 2016

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CSEdWeek is an annual call to action to inspire K-12 students to learn computer science, advocate for equity, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field.

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How to Get Coding Started in Your Classroom

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How to Get Coding Started in Your Classroom

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Courtesy of Common Sense Education

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Coding can teach students skills useful in every discipline, not just computer science. What's the best way to begin? We have easy-to-implement tips for learn-to-code lessons that empower students to become producers, not just consumers, of digital media. Read more

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Computer Science Education Week is Here! - Dec. 5 to 9, 2016

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK & HOUR OF CODE

Computer Science Week - Activities

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Extra Code Activities to enjoy and continue learning Computer Science.

Work with students to build program blocks with these popular code activities. Visual programming is a fun and easily understood way to teach the logic of coding. Exposure to visual programming lays the foundation for text-based programming, a more complex activity.

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