November is OUR Hour of Code month!

I blurred our Gr 3 students faces using https://www2.lunapic.com/

Although we do Coding lessons at school every week with our Grades 1 - 7 classes, we always participate in the Hour of Code. 

What is the Hour of Code? 

The Hour of Code is a one-hour tutorial designed for all ages in over 45 languages. It is run in 180 countries from 7 - 12  December - although one can do it any time.  We always choose November at our school. There are loads of different options based on your students' age etc on https://code.org/learn. The Hour of Code is a global movement to introduce people of all ages to computer programming in a fun way, and it certainly achieves that. Our students love it.

The image below, taken from https://hourofcode.com/za shows how popular the event is already... 

Where to find Hour of Code resources

1.  As mentioned, my favourite website to find Hour of Code activities is https://code.org/learn. They show what is suited to each age. 

2. The Minecraft Hour of Code activities on www.code.org are always pupular with my students https://code.org/minecraft. 

3. Jacqui Murray on her website 'Ask a Tech teacher' has some great ideas for the Hour of Code: https://askatechteacher.com/hour-of-code-heres-why/#more-63085. She also has a page of Coding ideas per grade on her website: https://bit.ly/3HYlzeB

So,, if you are a teacher, and your students have access to devices - why not try out the Hour of Code this year. Your students will love you for it!