The Hour of Code
Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science.
Thanks to the efforts of code.org and other organizations, this belief is expanding across the globe. 47 million students have tried the Hour of Code and it continues to grow. At Hobart, we want all of our students to experience computer science.
This year, the Hour of code will be celebrated December 5 - 11, 2016. But we will continue to code throughout the remainder of the school year. Here are some great resources to help students get started in with coding and computer science!
Great Coding Sites for Early Learners (Grades KG - 3)
Tynker Play fun games. Learn to code. Make your own games!
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Code.org Learn to code with the code.org Angry Birds tutorial.
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Scratch, Jr. With Scratch Jr., young children ages 5-7 can program their own interactive stories and games!
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Coding Sites for All Learners
Code.org Learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies with the code.org Introduction course, "Write Your First Computer Program."
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Code.org Code.org offers so much more than just the Introduction course listed above. This 20-hour course introduces core computer science and programming concepts. The course is designed for use in classrooms for grades K-8, but it is fun to learn at any age!
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Code.org - Star Wars Build a Galaxy with Code! Learn to code with your favorite jedi heroes at code.org's Star Wars coding section. |

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Code.org (Grades 2-5) The code.org Elementary Course 2 is designed for students who can read and have no prior programming experience. In this course students will create programs to solve problems and develop interactive games or stories they can share.
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Code.org Flappy Bird Quick Course Want to write your own game in less than 10 minutes? Try out code.org's Flappy Code tutorial quick course!
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Scratch With Scratch, kids and teens can program their own interactive games, stories, animations, and more. The many tutorials above will help coders use Scratch, but Scratch also has a vast community of tutorials and lessons on their Education site, so make sure to check it out!
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Other Great Coding Sites
Stencyl Stencyl isn't your average game creation software; it's a gorgeous, intuitive toolset that accelerates your workflow and then gets out of the way. Design and publish your games on iOS, Android, Flash and more!
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Codecademy Learn to code interactively, for free. Signup at codecademy and start learning to code now directly on the web site. This is a great tool to get started learning code!
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