Thursday, December 11, 2014

Thursday, December 11th

Due Tuesday - 
Write a paragraph (minimum of four sentences) about how you can relate computer coding skills to English Language Arts skills. 

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Wednesday, December 10th

Due Thursday -
Watch the video on the homepage of Hour of Code - http://hourofcode.com/us

Watch the short film "Code Stars" found at this link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU1xS07N-FA

Watch these four videos where Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerburg and Chris Bosh teach us a little something about coding -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgooqyWMTxk - Repeat Loops - with Mark Zuckerburg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2hdlhDYICw - Repeat Until with Chris Bosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eo0ESEX9DE - Functions with Chris Bosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Ux2PnJe6E - If Statements with Bill Gates

Write a reflection (just a few sentences) about these videos and what you got out of them.

"Everyone in this country should learn how to program a computer... Because it teaches you how to think." - Steve Jobs

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Wednesday, December 3, 2014