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Hi there, I'm Zinnea! I make tutorials about creating art, games, and animations. Welcome to my channel!

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I am going to continue to add to my teacher toolbox and do my best to incorporate Universal design for Learning (UDL) Strategies and High Level Practices (HLP) in my classroom.

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Hour of Code

What is Hour of Code?

The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event or try any of the over 500+ one-hour tutorials, available in over 45 languages.

This year Hour of Code is exploring the limitless realms of creativity empowered by AI! Whether you or your students are experienced coders or you are setting out on your very first computer science expedition, this Hour of Code promises an extraordinary voyage.

There are several places you can start, choose which one is right for you and your students:

Lead an Hour of Code Activity

With more than 700 activities to choose from with classifications by grade level, experience, and inclusion of AI, your choices are vast. When you know your plans, please register your activity so we can celebrate all the events happening across the globe.

Grades: 2-12

Dance Party

It's time to strut your stuff! Create your own dance party featuring hits by Miley Cyrus, BTS, Lil Nas X, Harry Styles, Nicki Minaj, Rosalía, and more!

Grades: 3-12

AI for Oceans

Help A.I. clean the oceans by training it to detect trash! Learn about training data and bias, and how AI can address world problems.

Grades: 2-12

Minecraft

Build and explore with Minecraft! Learn basic computer science skills with lots of different Minecraft activities to choose from.

Learn How AI Works

Learn the inner workings of ChatGPT, computer vision, and other AI concepts, explained by the people who created these technologies through videos and accompanying lesson plans.

Lesson Plans: How AI Works

This series of short videos and accompanying in-classroom lessons will introduce you and your students to how artificial intelligence works and why it matters. You can choose individual lessons based on topic, explore the whole series of topics in one class or teach all 7 lessons to give a deeper dive.

Explore How AI Works

Engage with AI 101 for Teachers

AI 101 for Teachers is a five-part professional learning video series that will demystify AI, explore responsible implementation, address bias, and showcase how AI-powered learning can revolutionize student outcomes.

Video Series: AI 101 for Teachers

A free, foundational online learning series for any teacher and educator interested in the groundbreaking world of artificial intelligence (AI) and its transformative potential in education.

Explore AI 101 for Teachers

Go beyond Hour of Code

Teach Computer Science

Join the global community of over 2 million educators empowering the next generation of innovators, problem solvers, and digital citizens.

Learn more

Explore Our Curriculum

Tap into your students' full potential with Code.org's free, flexible, and fun Computer Science curriculum. There's something for every classroom.

View Curriculum Catalog

Start Professional Learning

Our free, self-paced modules help you develop your own understanding while preparing to teach computer science in your classroom.

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Use computer science to explore and learn about AI!

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The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Learn more about the Universal Design for Learning framework from CAST. The UDL Guidelines can be used by educators, curriculum developers, researchers, parents, and anyone else who wants to implement the UDL framework in a learning environment. These guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities.

Reenvisioning the UDL Guidelines

Because the UDL Guidelines are meant to be informed by feedback from the field as well as new research, they have been updated several times in the past. We are in the process of updating the Guidelines once again in our UDL Rising to Equity initiative.

This update will focus specifically on addressing systemic barriers that result in inequitable learning opportunities and outcomes. CAST aims to develop a transparent, inclusive, and community-driven process. If you are interested in collaborating and staying updated on our progress, we invite you to complete a brief survey.

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The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Learn more about the Universal Design for Learning framework from CAST. The UDL Guidelines can be used by educators, curriculum developers, researchers, parents, and anyone else who wants to implement the UDL framework in a learning environment. These guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities.

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Hosting Online Robotics and Coding Hackathons with Riders

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Hosting Online Robotics and Coding Hackathons with Riders

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here in Miami we got students together during CSEdWeek to partake in an online robotics and coding competition globally against other students from around the world.

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1st Annual Riders Robotics League Season Qualifiers Hackathon

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Borrow from the National STEM Festival and set up then share a schedule of people representing diverse people and job roles to do a 15 minute share-out of how they use CS in their jobs then take Q&A for about 15 minutes. We're going to schedule them once a month the whole fall semester to build excitement and expectation for CS Ed Week. Thinking about doing an additional series aimed at parents about raising a child with opportunities to get ready for their kind of job.

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We invite the community to campus for 2-3 hours of cookies, coca, and Coding fun. Each classroom is a different experience. Some has robots, one has a cryptography challenge, another has virtual reality projects from a local school. Kids and their family code together. It's been so amazing we added an extra hour this year.

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Our school district is having an Hour of Code event for the town on Wednesday, December 10th.

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Our school district is having an Hour of Code event for the town on Wednesday, December 10th.

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Here in South Florida we have an opportunity for Minecraft fans to participate in this awesome "South Florida Showdown" !! It is centered around the environment and is a great opportunity for students.

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Minecraft South Florida Showdown Challenge One

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About This Game

DOT'S HOME is a single-player, 2D, narrative-driven video game that follows a young Black woman in Detroit living in her grandmother's beloved home, as she travels through time to relive key moments in her family's history where race, place, and home collide in difficult choices.

As an interactive experience, DOT'S HOME allows players to see the harmful systems that dictate our relationship to race and place, through the eyes of those that are most impacted. By inserting the player into scenarios where they have to make choices about how and where to live in the midst of redlining, urban renewal, and gentrification, we ask a fundamental question: "How did your family end up where they are today, and how much choice did they really have in that journey?"

DOT'S HOME is a production of the Rise-Home Stories project: a creative collaboration between multimedia storytellers and housing and land justice advocates who have come together over the course of three years, to reimagine the past, present, and future of our communities by transforming the stories we tell about them.

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DOT'S HOME is a single-player, 2D, narrative-driven video game that follows a young Black woman in Detroit living in her grandmother's beloved home, as she travels through time to relive key moments in her family's history where race, place, and home collide in difficult choices.

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CS Showcase in Portland, ME on Friday, December 13. The showcase will have students, teachers, and businesses from all over Maine. They will be giving out rewards in the evening. 

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CS Showcase in Portland, ME on Friday, December 13. The showcase will have students, teachers, and businesses from all over Maine. They will be giving out rewards in the evening. 

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About This Game

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Never Alone is an atmospheric puzzle platformer developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people, drawn from a traditional story that has been shared across the generations.

Guide both characters in single-player mode or play cooperatively with a friend as you trek through frozen tundra, leap across treacherous ice floes, swim through underwater caverns and face enemies both strange and familiar. (NOTE: Local co-op play requires at least one Xbox 360 or equivalent game controller).

On over 75 "Best of 2014" lists and winner of "Best Debut Game" at the 2015 BAFTA Games Awards as well as "Game of the Year" and "Most Significant Impact" at the 2015 Games for Change Awards, nearly 40 Alaska Native elders, storytellers and community members contributed to the making of the game.

You'll explore awe-inspiring environments, perform heroic deeds and meet legendary characters from Iñupiaq stories - all narrated by a master storyteller in the spoken Iñupiaq language.

Features

Play as both Nuna and Fox - Switch between the two companions at any time with one button press, or play side by side in local co-op mode, as you rely on the unique skills of each character to succeed in your quest. Nuna can climb ladders and ropes, move heavy obstacles, and throw her bola at targets to solve puzzles. Fox can fit through small areas that Nuna can't reach, scramble up walls, and jump to great heights.

Brave the harsh world of the Arctic - Run under, through, and atop the unstable structures of an abandoned coastal village. Explore the eerily quiet treetops of a mysterious, frozen forest. Brave the fierce winds of the eternal blizzard. Only with the aid of Helping Spirits will Nuna and Fox have any chance of survival in a land where survival seems impossible.

Unlock fascinating video insights - Elders, storytellers, and other members of the Alaska Native community share stories and wisdom about their culture, values and the amazing Arctic world encountered by players in over 30 minutes of interviews.

(C) 2014 Upper One Games LLC. All rights reserved.

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Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) on Steam

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Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

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Students tend to learn more if the computer science experience is connected to creating a "real world" product

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Browse and play free online addicting games in your browser! All games made in the Construct game making software. Make your own games and upload to our arcade.

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We will collaborate with the PE, music, art and classroom teachers to host a full school Code.org Relay Programming activity. HS CS AP students will assist.

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Anyone can learn computer science. Make games, apps and art with code.

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I am going to hold an assembly with my HS students (57) and have my students that are in my classes help facilitate the lesson. My hope is to demystify CS for some of the kids I'm not teaching About (15) of them. I will then have the HS kids lead a lower side assembly and teach an hour of code to them (43) Dan

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Teach & Learn Practical Digital Skills - Applied Digital Skills

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Thousands of teachers and students are using Applied Digital Skills to improve digital literacy, and we're adding new lessons regularly. Join us and start learning or teaching digital skills today.

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Field trips benefit students' academic development

Studies show that regular field trips improve academic performance and foster greater tolerance for different opinions. They also enhance learning by connecting real-world experiences to prior knowledge, making lessons more memorable and meaningful.

Budgets and logistics limit field trip opportunities

Field trips are declining. Budget cuts, staff shortages, travel costs and paperwork are sadly reducing field trip opportunities for students.

Location and socio-economic inequality

Research shows that students' location, school type, and socio-economic status affect field trip attendance. Unfortunately, this limits access for students in underfunded or rural districts.

Connect with subject-matter experts

Enhance inquiry-based learning

Provide equitable access for every student

Teachers choose an upcoming live stream from the Streamable Learning calendar.

Streamable Learning will send your teacher the Zoom access as soon as they schedule an event.

Teachers join live stream from any device and share to the front-of-class digital display. Students engage with subject-matter expert and take part in live Q&A.

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Streamable Learning | Live video field trips for classroom

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Streamable Learning is home to live video field trips for K-12 schools. With Streamable Learning you can connect your students with experts in zoos, museums, aquariums and galleries across the globe in a live and interactive virtual environment.

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In TN we host the Computer Science Momentum Expedition live in the middle of the state (this year couldn't get the venue during actual CS week so it is 12/4 and we're calling it a kickoff to CS Ed week). For one day, drive in and drive out, we have a keynote and exhibitors from about 40-50 different companies and organizations and they talk about the CS skills they need students to have. It is a huge networking event. Like we have drone companies who fly for agricultural projects and entertainment industry pros and automotive managers talking about the CS content every floor worker needs to have. Also includes "field trips" to local industry sites like the Country Music Hall of Fame where they talk about the evolution of digital music production and now AI and ethics. https://www.tsin.org/cs-momentum-expedition

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CS Momentum Expedition | Tennessee STEM Innovation Network

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Join us at the 2023 Computer Science Momentum Expedition to integrate CS into your instructional toolkit, connect with industry leaders, and earn PDP credit. Featuring guest speaker Deanna Marsigliese and nominations for the Excellence in Computer Science Award. Register now!

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Creating Semi-Autonomous Electric Vehicles with Infento to teach Visual AI CS topics

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Creating Semi-Autonomous Electric Vehicles with Infento to teach Visual AI CS topics

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You can see an incredible video of a visually impaired student from Rochester, NY who built a semi-autonomous EV using Infento by programming it so he could navigate around his school!

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Visually impaired Hilton senior builds scooter with sensors

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Hosting a Panel of Speakers to recruit young women into CS in our schools with a panel from NCWIT

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Hosting a Panel of Speakers to recruit young women into CS in our schools with a panel from NCWIT

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The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)

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The National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) is the farthest-reaching network of change leaders focused on advancing innovation by correcting underrepresentation in computing.

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The University of Rhode Island’s Computer Science Department is a proud partner in the State of Rhode Island’s CS4RI program that is bringing computer science and computational thinking to Rhode Island’s Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools through free course materials, teacher professional development, and college credit in computer science for high school students.

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Learn the facts. Come play in our classrooms; watch some cool videos, try some simulations and learn how you can help #slowtherise and make a difference for climate change.

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Held on January 26, 2024, the Girls Who Code Hiring Summit: Early Career Edition is a one-day event designed to connect the Girls Who Code and wider communities with full-time job opportunities in the technical workforce and to connect hiring managers looking to meet a diverse slate of candidates for jobs. This event welcomes recent college and bootcamp graduates and young professionals to network with companies looking to connect with a talented, ambitious, diverse group of computer science students and professionals.

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Learn to code! Free summer programs and after-school clubs for teen girls. Explore coding in a fun and friendly environment. Find a program near you!

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Have high school students run an Hour of Code with their younger peers!

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AE STEM Kit Program

The Civil Air Patrol’s Aerospace Education STEM Kit program provides STEM resources for hands-on, inquiry-based learning. The STEM Kit program has been providing a selection of STEM Kits to CAP Unit Aerospace Education Officers (AEOs) and CAP educator members since January 23, 2013, to educate the next generation STEM workforce.

The kits come at no cost to recipients, are designed to enhance current CAP educational curriculum and programs and will be ready for immediate implementation. CAP Unit AE Officers (or commanders), as well as CAP members who are educators, including AFJROTC instructors, can select one kit from the available options.

*** If you are a teacher or informal educator (such as Scouts or youth groups), you may join Civil Air Patrol as an Aerospace Education Member (AEM) and apply for these free kits. Find out about all of our free aerospace/STEM programs for educators, and, how to join HERE.

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One hour of banana tales Teach Python by Helping a Baby Monkey sign up for free Save and view students progress,get access to solutions and lesson plans start playing Log-in not required Teach Student

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NJ will have one to two virtual workshops every night (TCNJ) and culminating with a full day in-person conference at Rutgers U.

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Some providers have content on careers using CS

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Some providers have content on careers using CS

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https://projectstem.org/brightest-futures

https://codinginthewild.com

https://code.org/educate/resources/videos (Careers in CS)

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The loan program is designed to expand the reach of our robots to populations who may have limited access to computer science. Thus, we will give precedence to organizations that

Serve populations traditionally under-represented in computer science (e.g. girls, minorities, rural areas).

Have a large number of students in free/reduced lunch programs.

Reach a large number of students.

We also believe programming is a fundamental and basic skill, not an advanced topic. We understand that many districts set up specific "gifted and talented" programs. We will consider applications from GATE teachers, but we prefer to see applications that will democratically use the robots across student populations. If you are a GATE teacher, please include ways for your students to share the robots with their peers, community members, or younger students.

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No Fear Coding: CT Across the K-5 Curriculum

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No Fear Coding: CT Across the K-5 Curriculum

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By Heidi Williams

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University of Washington support for HS/MS students

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University of Washington support for HS/MS students

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https://www.cs.washington.edu/outreach/CSEdWeek

It is a week early to not conflict with UW finals week

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Kahoot style coding games - from Block Coding to AP.

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JuiceMind | Coding Quizzes and Projects for your Class

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JuiceMind is an educational platform offering fun coding quizzes and projects for CS teachers and students. Try our AP CSA quizzes with your class!

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Seattle Public Schools support for CSEd Week

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Seattle Public Schools support for CSEd Week

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An interesting list of resources

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Computer Science Education Week December 9-13
December is Regional Careers and Computer Science Month!
Computer Science affects every career pathway and our daily lives. Seattle Public Schools will celebrate Computer Science Education Week December 9-13 with Google, MineCraft, Amazon, Code.org, and Microsoft volunteers joining classrooms to lead coding activities and talk about computer science and STEM careers with students.

Interested in learning more? Check out the coding exercises you can do at home or in the classroom!

Jobs of the Future!

What jobs will be available to our students after they graduate? Gallup and Amazon Future Engineer have partnered to create a Careers of the Future Index to help students and families make informed career choices! Explore and learn more here.

Grow with Google for Grades 4-12

Review classroom activities and join livestream a wide variety of lessons designed by Google!

CyberStart: Cyber Security for Grades 9-12

High school students can begin to learn Python, SQL, and earn scholarships by engaging in this immersive cybersecurity training game, which includes over 200 challenges and is appropriate for beginners. Register here to access and learn more!

Minecraft Hour of Code for Grades K-8

Learn basic coding concepts to escape Dr. Breakowski's mysterious mansion by dawn in this free Hour of Code lesson. Solve puzzles using computational thinking to unlock secrets, open trap doors, and reveal hidden clues. Access resources for this year's Hour of Code and beyond, using the Minecraft Education Edition.

Hour of Code Activity Library

Looking to blaze your own coding trail with your students or child? Take a look at Hour of Code's large collection of activities and tutorials. From pre-reader to high school and beyond, you'll find an array of resources across all subject areas to fit your coding needs.

Amazon Future Engineer's Latest Career Exploration Offerings

Robotics Fulfillment Center Tour - From Amazon's online store to your doorstep, discover how computer science, state-of-the-art engineering, and incredible people deliver customer orders at Amazon.

Class Chats - Bring an Amazon professional to your classroom for a "Class Chat." They will share their unique journey and experiences working in tech with your students.

Alexa in Space Tour - From launchpad to lunar orbit, discover how Amazon, Lockheed Martin, and Webex are testing new technology that could help future astronauts solve challenges of deep space.

The Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship awards 400 high school seniors each year with a $40,000 scholarship for college, plus a guaranteed paid internship at Amazon. For high school seniors seeking to continue their computer science or engineering education in college, the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship program can make all the difference for a bright and developing future.

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Computer Science Week 2024 - Seattle Public Schools

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An outline of in-school and out-of-school coding opportunities offered at Seattle Public Schools during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Kira Learning Teachers Planning Guide for CS Ed Week activities

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Kira Learning Teachers Planning Guide for CS Ed Week activities

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We've promoted the resources available on the Kira Learning platform to complement other curriculum resources. The teacher planning guide is available to anyone, don't have to be a Kira user but it is full of tips from people who have run successful events like hackathons, hour of code and student contests. https://info.kira-learning.com/cs-edweek24

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What is CS Ed Week?
Computer Science Education Week 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.
This event is held nationally during the first full week of December, to align with the birthday of CS Pioneer, Admiral Grace Hopper. It’s a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the work your students enrolled in CS classes are doing, engage students who may not have had CS yet (or at least not this year), and build a school culture around computer science and AI.
Planning to participate? Download our planning guide! →

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Our curriculum uses a combination of free open-source curricula and long-term professional development to customize and support implementation to engage students and create equitable CS programs for all.

Why Teach Computer Science?

Computer science is more than just math and coding. Teaching students computer science from an early age, helps them build logical and analytical skills that they can apply in academics and beyond.

Studies show that students who learn coding from an early age perform better in critical thinking and the better the test scores are in reading, writing, math, and science.

Not only does it build confidence, but it allows students to embrace the beauty of their mistakes and quickly adjust to the challenges and build strong solutions around them. These skills will translate into opportunities for the future and have a lasting impact on the world.

micro:bit Extensions

View our micro:bit guides found in the "Project Extensions" of our free Scratch Lesson Plans and Coder Resources. Visit microbit.org to learn even more about using micro:bit with Scratch.

Integration Studios

Browse our Scratch Studios for integration ideas into subject areas like, math, science, art, health, drama and more.

Join the Discussion Online

Share your ideas, thoughts, and questions with us, and other teachers, online.

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Our curriculum uses a combination of free open-source curricula and long-term professional development to customize and support implementation to engage students and create equitable CS programs for all. Computer science is more than just math and coding. Teaching students computer science from an early age, helps them build logical and analytical skills that they can apply in academics and beyond.

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CS4MS – K-12 CS Initiative for Mississippi Public Schools

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Read-Alouds to Introduce Computer Science

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant no. 192350

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Focused on Looking Back (history of computing & computing pioneers) and Leaping Forward (CS related careers) and on AI (my nod to Hour of Code theme which is "Make the invisible, visible")

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