Hour of Code

This week Bryant students are joining tens of millions of students in over 180 countries in a one hour introduction to Computer Science. Students will learn the code behind programing in their favorite video games and applications. They will work through tutorials created by professional programmers that teach the basic fundamentals to writing code. After completing their introduction lesson, students will receive a certificate from Code.org.

Students who enjoy the introduction can go on to additional tutorials and programs. Code.org provides additional resources through their site for anyone who wants to learn the art of coding!

Hour of Code

Code.org

Students watched the tutorials and worked through puzzles to write code. The code moves the character through the game using the actions the “programmer” chose.

Anna and Elsa were popular with the girls in their coding tutorials. “Programmers” were given challenge puzzles and directions to send Elsa and Anna around the screen.

Tutorials intermixed with coding activities made the Hour of Code fun and engaging for students.

Students had several gaming options in their tutorial choice. This students chose Flappy Bird.

You can see the program uses blocks that fit together similar to Lego blocks to create code.

Here is a sample of one set of code blocks  designed to send Elsa along a grid.

After finishing the introductory Hour of Code, programers were presented with a certificate of completion! Congratulations to our future gaming and app programers!!