An Hour of Coding

1. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
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3.  To show that anyone can learn the basics of coding and become a maker, a creator, an innovator. It’s a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code".

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3. Starter
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5. what computer science means. Watch the clip
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1. “Computer science is the art of blending human ideas and digital tools to increase our power. Computer scientists work in so many different areas: writing apps for phones, curing diseases, creating animated movies, working on social media, building robots that explore other planets and so much more. Think about things in your everyday life that use computer science: a cell phone, a microwave, a computer, a traffic light… all of these things needed a computer scientist to help build them."
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   MAIN - 50 minutes

3. visit website is http://csedweek.org/learn2
4. If you are apprehensive about coding then you should try the first tutorial on the page
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7. If you are happy to "dive in" use the arrow to scroll to the fourth tutorial and have a go at the light bot tutorial
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9. Computer studies students use the app inventor tutorial go to the Make your own apps heading and use the arrow to scroll to the second tutorial  MIT app inventor. this will be done on laptops and the app tested on an android device in the room.
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12. PLENARY - 5 minutes

    
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