聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Math 9 students at Gordon F. Kells High School participated in an Hour of Code on Wednesday, Dec. 6. The directive was to help students learn the basics of coding in the field of Computer Science.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It is a worldwide effort which focuses on an hour of code one day out of Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 4-10).
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檝e been coding and are familiar with it, but today is about them exploring something new and learning something different,鈥� teacher Amy Rutten says. 鈥淭heir project outside of Hour of Code is do design a multi-level game for a grade 1 or 2 to play.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲hat鈥檚 cool about this Hour of Code is that it鈥檚 worldwide. There鈥檚 not enough kids and schools doing this, coding is everywhere now because everything is done on the computer. So, I use it as an extension activity in Math 9, it鈥檚 the only class I have which applies to the curriculum, but it鈥檚 been a great thing. It motivates them, once they get their math done then they get to work on it or between units I give them time to work on it. Coding is really algebraic thinking and reasoning.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 On the Hour of Code website it states that all students should have the opportunity to learn about computer science which is routed in problem-solving skills, logic and creativity. By starting early, students will have a foundation for success in any 21st century career path.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In addition to the Grade 9 Math class, anyone interested in coding from grade 6聽 to 12 were encouraged to log on for an Hour of Code and learn what it is.
