Monday, December 14, 2015
Chamberlain School Receives $10,000 from Code.org
Press release: Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. Good news is, we’re on our way to change this. If you have heard about the Hour of Code last
year, you might know it has made history. In one week, 60 million students tried computer science!
That’s why EVERY one of the 230 students at Chamberlin School are joining in on the
largest education event in history: the Hour of Code, during the week of December 7
- 13. Chamberlin was the one school chosen in Vermont, to receive $10,000 from Code.org to buy technology for their school for bringing these critical skills to its students for 2015
Google, Microsoft, Apple, President Obama, Bill Gates, Shakira and Ashton Kutcher have
all backed the Hour of Code. Over 500 partners are coming together to support this global
movement. To date, 130 million students have tried the Hour of Code. Half were girls.
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| Kate Ash from Senator Leahy office |
Click the video below to watch the complete award ceremony captured by Google Hangout.
During the week, student coders at Chamberlin received helped with their coding efforts from Peter Drescher (Agency of Education), Eric Hall (Dealer.com), Lucie deLaBruere (Vita-Learn IGNITE), and Kristen Courcelle (South Burlington Schools) completing activities from CODE.ORG, Google's CS-First, Scratch from M.I.T., and Makey Makey.
The Hour of Code is a campaign to prove that regardless of age, race or gender, anyone
can learn how to not just consume, but build the technologies of the future.
Hour of Code Video
View the video made with a sampling of the photos taken last week in the Williston schools!
Friday, December 11, 2015
Sharing Hour of Code "Infinity Play Lab" game with an @OrchardVT teacher. Who's having more fun?
Donna Sullivan-Macdonald
ISTE Librarians Network Past President
Library Media & Instructional Technology Specialist
Orchard School
2 Baldwin Avenue
South Burlington, VT 05403
802-652-7329
2 Baldwin Avenue
South Burlington, VT 05403
802-652-7329
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"Infinity Play Lab" was the perfect Hour of Code activity for these @OrchardVT 5th graders!
Donna Sullivan-Macdonald
ISTE Librarians Network Past President
Library Media & Instructional Technology Specialist
Orchard School
2 Baldwin Avenue
South Burlington, VT 05403
802-652-7329
2 Baldwin Avenue
South Burlington, VT 05403
802-652-7329
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Cabot Kids Code
The kids are totally into this! Thanks, Holly
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Holly Kruse
Librarian/Tech Integration/MS Teacher
Cabot School
25 Common Road, P.O. Box 98
Cabot, VT 05647
(802) 563-2289 x207 - phone
(802) 563-2022 - fax
Librarian/Tech Integration/MS Teacher
Cabot School
25 Common Road, P.O. Box 98
Cabot, VT 05647
(802) 563-2289 x207 - phone
(802) 563-2022 - fax
Girls Code with Marguerite Dibble
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