Thursday, October 23, 2014

AISD HOUR OF CODE!

Hello AISD Teachers!

AISD will participate this year in a district-wide goal to introduce every student and teacher in AISD to an “Hour of Code” and be part of the goal to reach 100 million students by the end of 2014.

You can participate in the Hour of Code through www.code.org


What is the Hour of Code?
The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn basic coding skills. Check out the tutorials.

When is the Hour of Code?
Anybody can host an Hour of Code anytime, but the grassroots campaign goal is for tens of millions of students to try an Hour of Code during December 8-14, 2014, in celebration of Computer Science Education Week.  We are asking everyone to pick your own time to do an Hour of Code. You can start today if you like!

How do I participate in an Hour of Code?
Watch the introduction video and Sign up to host an Hour of Code event here and start planning.



PRIZES!!

Lucky classrooms win a video chat with a guest speaker!

50 lucky classrooms will be invited to join a video chat to celebrate the Hour of Code during December 8-14. Your students will be able to ask questions and chat with technology-industry leaders. Check out last year’s chats with Bill Gates, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Susan Wojcicki of Google and Gabe Newell of Valve.

Lucky schools win a class-set of laptops (or $10,000 for other technology)

One lucky school in every U.S. state (+ Washington D.C.) will win $10,000 worth of technology. Organize the Hour of Code for every student in your school to qualify.  If you’ve signed up your entire school to participate in the Hour of Code, enter to win a class-set of laptops (or $10,000 for other technology) for your school! Only one teacher needs to apply for your entire school.
See http://hourofcode.com/us/prizes.  This is for the hardware only. EVERY TEACHER must still sign up to participate in the Hour of Code.

Questions? email me or vanessa.jones@austinisd.org