Hour of Code is an international event introducing everyone in the world to computer science by teaching kids in every single grade – even Pre-K—how to write computer code.
Code is a computer language that is important in creating websites.
Coding is really popular in every country. “We live in a digital world full of technology, but the way that we manage technology by ‘speaking to it’ through the languages of ‘code,’” said Magnet Resource teacher Ms. Goodrich.
“Computers make more and more of the world so it’s important to learn their language,” Mr. Slusky said.
Hour of Code was an activity for all grades. Some of the activities were when the 1st graders pretended to be robots while the 5th graders were programing them. Other grades partnered together for the activity too, like 2nd and 6th grades, 3rd and 7th grades, and 4th and 8th grades.
Ms. Goodrich also said that the activities were there to help students, “learn to problem solve, be persistent, check your work and collaborate with others. Grades were involved in coding exercises to learn about coding.” If kindergarten can do it, anyone can. Websites like code.org, you will be able to do code games which are very helpful.
Our computer teacher Mrs. Shindell was a system analyst before she started teaching, and used code. Of course if you want to be a computer teacher you have to do code. Hour of Code teaches you how to think logically. Just like video games when you make your character go somewhere think about what he/she is doing to get there.
Everything you do that involves technology also involves coding. Think about jobs that give you lots of money. Doctor, pilot, astronauts, architects -- all of those jobs involve coding. So if you want a good job when you grow up you should learn about coding, and Hour of Code was a way to get MASH student’s coding!