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Happy Computer Science Week!

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Happy Computer Science Week!

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Computer Science Week with Pepper

Computer Science Week with Pepper

Students at Three Rivers Elementary got a visit from a high tech friend today.

This robot fun kicked off ‘Computer Science Week’ with focuses on technology, STEM, and coding.

Pepper is a humanoid robot brought to the school by C-Spire which costs a whopping $35,000.

They started introducing Pepper and their other robots to schools in our state last year which is part of their tech movement.

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The big end of the week

This second week of the month is packing up some heat. I am so excited to introduce coding to LM, since I am also learning it myself. Planning to move this blog to a personal website in the future. Seems easier to navigate and control.

Hour of code courtesy of hourofcode.com

Anyway, here’s the places we visited, and you can too, with your children, or alone. Because we all are always learning too.

Code.org Khanacademy.org Any Apple store Microsoft.com Computer Science Education Week Codeacademy.com (my own personal trainer)

But one that I really like is a post by gosciencegirls.com. It is amazing especially for beginners and very young learners.

I have started LM with basic keyboarding from  http://www.keybr.com/ almost every friday. So our next step will be making a virtual journal. LM has a physical journal for three days of school so we might just going to use it.

LM was struggling with journaling and finally after months of trying to figure it out, I remembered a prompt card strategy that my professor used to use in our writing class, once upon a time.

Journaling prompt card and Writing type (Green for nonfiction and Red for fiction) all courtesy of paint chips from Ace Hardware, Home Depot, Lowe’s, and any home improvement supplies stores.

So we’ll be taking gosciencegirls’ idea and run with it. 

The Hour of Code is also held in conjuction with Computer Science Edu. week. This was to recognize and remember the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. 

A piece by Hardja Sol for @wingedschool.

LM and I read a piece that is inspired by Admiral Amazing Grace’s childhood and since neither of us ever heard of her before, this is an amazing treat for us. Maybe next year we will be reading about her achievements.

Virtual journal, here we come! Then next is to dip our toes in html. Stay tuned.

As I said, this end of the week is indeed busy. It is also human right’s movement day!! After trying to find out a topic that LM might be interested in, I stumbled on Malala Yousafza and asked about LM’s interest. We decided to search epigram or quote from her. And since I am trying to introduce poem and poetry to LM, this is perfect!

Epigram is a type of short poetry. Review questions are by @wingedschool

We also read another epigram by unknown and talked about it. Both are talking about dreaming big, and as we talked about human rights, LM’s words gave me a revelation. It is about not being mean, it is also about not being a bully. It is so simple yet so complex. We as an adult sometimes (or most of the time) became the big bully to others that might be different than us. And talking about human rights this week had made me realize, that is one nature of humanity that we always have to fight. But as LM said “It is ok to fight for something better.” 

Indeed, it is.

Has any of these helpful for you? Or you might have other ideas you care to share?

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Learn to code interactively, for free.

Learn how to code! Code Academy has free, user-friendly lessons on tons of coding languages.  Super handy for us library people.

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We're  offering great courses for Computer Science Week — from social media basics,  to career pathways in coding!  http://qnslib.org/8iI6306KOr2

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Computer Science Week

Today is the last day of Computer Science Week : ( But that doesn’t mean the fun has to end! Here are a few things to check out:

For everyone: Hour of Code

This is exactly what it says on the tin - a sixty minute coding tutorial. They’re as flexible as Olympic gymnasts - you can do them on PCs, on smartphones, in pairs, even without a computer at all! - and with different tutorials for different ages, there’s something for everyone.

Find an expert, volunteer your expertise, and more here: https://hourofcode.com/uk Oh, and did I mention they have Star Wars, Minecraft and Frozen themed hours? *squeals*

For teachers: Integrate coding with other parts of the curriculum

A quick guide from Paul Hamilton about how you can combine coding with Literacy, Maths, Art and Music http://dailygenius.com/4-curriculum-areas-to-integrate-code-with/

For parents: Tips to help your kids learn CS

Google’s director of K-12 Education Outreach* has some pointers for how to encourage your kids - from debunking the nerdy men in glasses image to finding clubs for them to join. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mo-fong/parents-children-computer-science_b_8744682.html

*I think K-12 is either an American thing, or a robot.

For kids (and grown ups!): Play the best CS games!

Forget about crushed candy, slashed fruit and pee’d off birds  - with games like LightBot, Hopscotch and Cargo-Bot your little ones can learn whilst they tap! If you let them have a turn that is.

Some of these games now even have mini 1-hour versions to tie in with Hour of Code http://www.diygenius.com/6-ipad-apps-for-learning-how-to-code/ http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/12-games-that-teach-kids-to-code/view-all/

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The Hour of Code

Today begins the push by code.org to have everyone learn how to code.  This week is computer science week and code.org is inviting everyone to try writing some of their own code by following their very simple format.  It is a great initiative as coding could likely be the most important job of the future if not already.  Our world is becoming more and more dependent on computers and it is becoming vital to learn common interactions.  Take a moment today and start your coding experience.  You will be surprised how much fun you will have.