Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Woodstock Elementary School Second and Third Graders Write LEGO Codes

Students were challenged to build a five row Lego structure and to translate their structure into a code for other students to read and build from. They were code writers and code readers!

Monday, December 4, 2017

Completing an Hour of Code is exciting indeed! Orchard School students can't wait for more!

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If you haven't tried Robot Rattle for #HourOfCode, do give it a try. Orchard School students are LOVING it!

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At Orchard School, we spell fun C-O-D-E!!

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Yes, Moana is STILL a favorite at Orchard School.




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Can't wait to see how this new @Google logo, created during #HourOfCode, turns out!



Donna Sullivan-Macdonald
VT School Library Association President
Library Media & Instructional Technology Specialist
Orchard School
2 Baldwin Avenue
South Burlington, VT  05403
802-652-7329

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Vergennes Union Elementary

5th graders learning code from a visiting UI Engineer for Hour of Code.




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Sunday, December 3, 2017

Welcome to Hour of Code 2017



2017 Hour of Code Guests Speaker Series with Vermont code community via video conference.
Vermont students and teachers share how they are learning about computer science in their school.

Please add your voice to this special voicethread
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or check out these instructions for more ways to share
your participation in Computer Science Week/ Hour of Code across Vermont



Welcome Video Via VoiceThread

We look forward to these guest speakers!







Friday, December 1, 2017

Robots are Ready across Vermont school! Are you?


Vermont Robots are gearing up for next week's @HourOfCode!

Are you?




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