Hour of Code Week

This week students at ABS celebrated Hour of Code Week! Students learned how writing code can help to send messages. In the library students pretended they needed to write code to help R2D2 find his friends on a grid. Students used numbers and arrows to tell R2D2 which way he needed to go on the grid so he would land on specific squares on the grid and find his missing friends. One student would write the code and the other student would pretend to be R2D2 and move around on the grid.

We also sent time in the computer lab learning to use simple code to control Minecraft players. This allowed the students to put in specific commands which told the character to complete tasks such as chopping down trees, build a house, and sheer sheep. As the students moved through stages the code they needed to write became more complicated. It was really fun seeing kids take risks and move their way through the program independently. It wasn't always easy, but they were motivated to keep trying until they got it. Students are encouraged to go to code.org/learn on their own and try to do some more coding. Many students also had an opportunity to do some coding with Mrs. Rogers this week.