There has been a movement going on in Virginia Beach school this past week, students flocking to the computer lab in order to take part in one big event: The Hour of Code.
Hundreds of students across the city have participated in The Hour of Code, which is a grassroots campaign organized by Code.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding participation in computer science by making it available in more schools.
According to Code.org, the goal of The Hour of Code is to have tens of millions of students to try an Hour of Code during December 8-14, 2014, in celebration of Computer Science Education Week. More than 77,000 Hour of Code events have been planned worldwide, including several right here in Virginia Beach.
Trantwood Elementary School and John B. Dey Elementary School expanded the Hour of Code activity for two weeks, and had all students (kindergarten through fifth-grade) participating in activities to build their computer coding competencies.
See below for the variety of schools that took part in this online endeavor. For more information, visit http://hourofcode.com/us
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- Kindergartners at Trantwood Elementary participate in the Hour of Code.
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- Kindergartners at Trantwood Elementary participate in the Hour of Code.
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- Kindergartners at Trantwood Elementary participate in the Hour of Code.
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- Kindergartners at Trantwood Elementary participate in the Hour of Code.
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- Kindergartners at Trantwood Elementary participate in the Hour of Code.
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- Kindergarten students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code. Using an app called Kodable on the iPads, they programmed the Fuzz Family through technomazes on the planet Smeeborg.
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- Kindergarten students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code. Using an app called Kodable on the iPads, they programmed the Fuzz Family through technomazes on the planet Smeeborg.
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- Students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Fifth-grader Max Kuhl at Red Mill Elementary School, enjoys coding the Angry Bird through a maze as he participates in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Students in Elizabeth Tosten’s kindergarten class at John B. Dey Elementary learned to code during Hour of Code.
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- Students at Kempsville Middle School participated in an “Hour of Code” in their keyboarding class. Pictured left to right are Kristen Duncan, Maria Zaderguidry and Lelia Berger
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- Students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Studentsat Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Students at Red Mill Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code tutorial. Students enjoyed celebrating Computer Science Education Week.
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- Students at Tallwood High School took part in the International Day of Code on Thursday, Dec.11. Here, William Lovely is working through a coding problem at the Hour of Code.
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- Kindergarteners in Rebecca Tillery’s class at Windsor Woods enjoyed their kindergarten Hour of Code lesson. Abigail Spruill, John Johnson, Kylie Duke, Joanne Hart (media specialist) and Brynley Levick pay attention.
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- Kindergarteners in Rebecca Tillery’s class at Windsor Woods enjoyed their kindergarten Hour of Code lesson. Christine Purkiss (substitute teacher assistant) and Abigail Spruill, Joanne Hart (media specialist), Kylie Duke, Brynley Levick, and Carmella Karner work together.