Hour of Code 2016

Coonley Elementary Participation Guide

Table of Contents
In a Nutshell
What is Hour of Code?
How it Will Work at Coonley
Choose Your Participation Method
Resources
During Hour of Code Week
After the Hour of Code

In a nutshell
During the week of December 5-11, 2016 Coonley students will participate in the Hour of Code.
Teachers may select any coding activity (or a series of activities) that equal one hour. The
official website

activities are located at https://hourofcode.com/us/learn

. See the guide below for

more detailed information.

What is hour of code?

The week of December 5th-11th is the Hour of Code (also Computer Science Education
Week) sponsored by Code.org. During this time students around the world will get an
introduction to computer programming- n
o prior experience is required (by student or
teacher). Students (or teachers) will choose how to spend their Hour of Code through
game-based activities online or on iPads. There are unplugged activities for those that dont
want to use technology for the Hour of Code. This is a worldwide initiative with tens of millions of
learners in over 180 countries!

The goals of the event are to demystify code, showing that anyone can learn the basics and to
promote computer science as an option for future careers. The hope is that by exposing
students to coding (especially girls) students will be encouraged to explore coding further for
potential careers in computer science. The Department of Labor anticipates computer science
will be one of the fastest-growing and highest-paying industries in the future.
Read stats that emphasize the importance of coding here:
https://hourofcode.com/us/promote/stats
Watch an introduction to the Hour of Code here: h
ttps://youtu.be/KsOIlDT145A (also found
here: https://hourofcode.com/us)

How it Will Work At Coonley

During the week of December 5th-11h teachers will choose ONE HOUR to dedicate to
the Hour of Code (There is not a specific hour for the Hour of Code- it can take place
anytime throughout the week and can be broken up into multiple periods of time).
K-4 Teachers may choose to do Hour of Code during their typing period. 5-8th
may complete Hour of Code using Chromebooks, or sign up to bring your class to
the computer lab if youd like a change of scenery! Websites with lesson plans are
included in this document. It is recommended that teachers look through the activities
and decide which looks best for their students.
Teachers can complete the activity in their classrooms as a whole class using iPads,
laptops or as stations; the way you choose to implement Hour of Code is c ompletely up
to you.
Teachers are asked to take pictures of their students participating in Hour of Code and
send them to Mrs. Zumpano or post them to Twitter tagging us @
CoonleyES (please
note: if you take any pictures showing a students face please make sure they have a
media consent form on file. If not, please take pictures from behind students so their
face cannot be identified).

Choose Your Participation Method

There is no set-in-stone way to complete Hour of Code! Teachers can choose activities on the
iPads, laptops, computer lab, Chromebooks or even unplugged activities that include no
technology at all! Teachers can offer students a choice, assign one tutorial for everyone, have
coding stations with different applications, partner with an older/younger classroom, have
students work independently or in pairs, etc. All Hour of Code activities are self-guided and do
not require accounts/signing in/signing up for activities.

Resources
Hour of Code website: https://hourofcode.com/us/learn Sponsored by: h
ttp://code.org/
(activities in this guide have been taken from the Hour of Code website)

NEW THIS YEAR!

Over 200 tutorials that are self-guided or teacher-led! Also, pair programming for students that
want to work together and robot-related activities for schools with robotics.
Go to https://hourofcode.com/us/learn and filter by grade level, educator experience, student
experience, technology, topic, activity, length or language!

Favorites from last year

Game

Grade Level

URL

Platform

Notes

Code with Anna

and Elsa from
Frozen

2nd grade+

https://studio.co
de.org/s/frozen/s
tage/1/puzzle/1

Desktop

Teacher Notes:
https://code.org/ho
urofcode/frozen

Tynkers
Candy Quest

1st grade+

https://hourofcod
e.com/tynkercq

Desktop

Teacher Notes:
https://www.tynker.
com/hour-of-code/t
ynker-puzzle-teach
er-guide.pdf

LightBot

2nd grade+

http://lightbot.co
m/hour-of-code.
html

Desktop (iOS
available)

Teacher Notes:
http://lightbot.com/r
esources.html

Flappy Birds
Code

2nd grade+

https://studio.co
de.org/flappy/1

Desktop

Teacher Notes:
https://code.org/ho
urofcode/flappy

Kodable

Kindergarten+

https://www.kod
able.com/hour-of
-code

Desktop (iOS
available)

Teacher Notes:
https://www.kodabl
e.com/hour-of-cod
e#lessons

Minecraft

2nd grade+

https://code.org/
minecraft

Desktop (iOS
available)

Teacher Notes:
https://code.org/ho
urofcode/mc

Star Wars

2nd grade+

https://code.org/
starwars

Desktop (iOS
available)

Teacher Notes:
https://code.org/ho
urofcode/starwars

Code Combat

2nd grade+

https://codecom
bat.com/play?ho
ur_of_code=true

Desktop

Teacher Notes:
https://codecombat
.com/teachers/reso
urces

Additional activities listed at https://hourofcode.com/us/learn

coding iPad apps on coonleys ipad cart

LightBot

has apps for ages 4-8 and 9 and up.

http://lightbot.com

Web-based version available as well

The Foos

ages 5 and up

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id92344157
0?mt=8

Hopscotch

ages 9-11

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hopscotchprogramming-designed/id617098629?mt=8

Daisy the
Dinosaur

for little learners

CargoBot

ages 8 and up

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daisy-the-di
nosaur/id490514278
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cargo-bot/id
519690804?ls=1&mt=8

ScratchJr.

ages 5-7

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/scratchjr/id
895485086?mt=8

Kodable

ages 5 and up

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kodable/id5
77673067?mt=8

During Hour of Code Week

1. Begin by discussing the Hour of Code concept and the importance of computer science
by watching videos found here.
2. Next, share some stats:
a. Hour of Code is aiming for participation from 100 million students worldwide
b. Show the map of where students around the world will be coding from
c. Share these computer science statistics: h
ttps://hourofcode.com/us/promote/stats
d. Some of last years stats:

2. Choose a coding activity from the resources listed above and introduce it to students.
Note: teachers should have already previewed the lesson(s) before introducing and
tested the systems they will be working on (Chromebooks, iPads, etc.).
3. Begin coding! If possible, take pictures or short video clips of the students working. If
you are a Twitter user consider posting comments about your experience on Twitter
using #HourofCode and tagging us at @
CoonleyES

After the Hour of Code

1. Send any pictures or videos to Mrs. Zumpano. If you tweeted, journaled or documented
in any other way please send these as well so we can create something showing how
the entire school participated
2. Consider printing out Hour of Code certficates for your students
https://code.org/certificates
3. Interested in learning more? View my computer science resources
http://nicolezumpano.wikispaces.com/Computer_Science

Please send all questions to Mrs. Zumpano! nmzumpano@cps.edu