And yet, for the first time since I started following Hour of Code many years ago, there is a shift in the activities on offer. They all have very easy instructions and plenty of information to guide you.Īs mentioned previously, most of the activities are aimed at kids and are made relevant to them. They include Scratch, Tinker, Codestars, and many others.
To support the program, there are a large number of activities available on the Hour of Code website. You may have heard your kids talking about it already. The Hour of Code program can take place any time of year, however, many schools all around the world choose to explore coding during ‘Computer Science Education Week’–December 9 to 15 this year. From core logic skills to information management and cybersecurity computer science is a vast learning area of opportunity. Over the years, it has grown into a movement, showcasing the immense diversity within computer science and coding. The core of its message has always been to start with a one-hour project and learn the basics from there. ‘ Hour of Code’ started as an introductory initiative encouraging kids to try coding, as part of ‘Computer Science Education Week’. And I think this is EXACTLY the type of coding projects we need to give our kids right now. In a world where Greta Thunberg is Time’s Person of the Year, and the Oxford Dictionary’s Word of 2019 is “ climate emergency”, one of the most popular Hour of Code activities is a Minecraft: Education project about Forest Fires. This year, many Hour of Code activities look to contemporary social issues, bringing a practical edge to what has previously been a bit of educational fun. However, ‘relevancy’ has taken a new twist. Previous years have connected with geek/pop-culture references like Star Wars and Moana. Every year, Hour of Code begins with new projects to highlight how fun and relevant coding can be.
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