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Ready to Code with Feathered Friends - District Dispatch

Governor Mifflin School District's Libraries Ready to Code project tested a district-wide collaborative model with middle and high school student engineers to create an authentic learning experience using Cornell University's Project FeederWatch.

Can a coding program get youth connected with backyard nature?

This guest post is by Governor Mifflin (Shillington, Penn.) High School Librarian Kristin Brumbauch, a member of the Libraries Ready to Code cohort. (Check out the cohort’s newly-released beta Collection and give us your feedback!)

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Partner with AspireIT to offer coding programs for girls: Join May 23 webinar - District Dispatch

An important focus for the Libraries Ready to Code community is to empower youth who may have fewer opportunities or exposure to coding activities; connecting with the National Center for Women & Information Technology's AspireIT program is one way libraries are reaching more young girls.

Join us on May 23, 2018, at 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET for an informational webinar: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/107679832

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#ReadytoCode: What's next - District Dispatch

On the heels of the release of our beta #ReadytoCode Collection, the Project team and Ready to Code library cohort are switching from concept development to fine-tuning the Collection for a final launch this fall.

What's next for the Libraries #ReadyToCode project? Updates are available on District Dispatch.

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It’s Teen Tech Week! Check out the computational thinking resources Google has made available to educators, and be sure to join us on Twitter on Friday from the #ReadyToCode tweetchat @ALALibrary at 3:30 eastern.

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2016 was an awesome year - for libraries that code - District Dispatch

2016 was an awesome year for Libraries Ready to Code and understanding how libraries help youth learn coding and develop computational thinking skills.

ICYMI - the Libraries Ready to Code project saw great results this year! You can find details and a link to the final report on District Dispatch.

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Ready to Code library promotes computational thinking with FarmBot app - District Dispatch

This 20-minute slide presentation details how the Independence (Kan.) Public Library worked with youth to gain computational thinking skills through Scratch, Python and the FarmBot app, which they used to build their own FarmBot for the library garden. The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Marijke Visser Marijke…

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Ready to Code school library connects coding to mentoring - District Dispatch

Belmar Elementary School Library Media Specialist Danielle Arnold describes how her Ready to Code library incorporated student mentoring as part of their school's first-ever computer science club.

Here’s a great example of the Libraries Ready to Code program at work!

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Free, online curriculum prepares learners for life and work - District Dispatch

The curriculum includes more than 100 hours of lessons that can be used in a library or classroom, independently or in a group.

Earlier this month, ALA members got a taste of Google’s new digital literacy curriculum at their Midwinter Conference in Denver. The curriculum, Applied Digital Skills, uses video-based lessons to help learners create projects with digital applications and is free to everyone. As learners build projects, they practice the new skills they will need for future jobs, as well as other practical skills such as financial literacy, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. The curriculum includes more than 100 hours of lessons that can be used in a library or classroom, independently or in a group. 

For more information, visit District Dispatch.