"Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer....because it teaches you how to think."
Watch this 5 minute video from some of the top computer innovators in the country.
And then try your hand at writing some computer code at:
http://code.org/ Choose "Students Learn in Minutes" under the video.
Go to Scratch tab and right under that video explore Scratch computer programming.
http://www.codecademy.com/
Have fun!
Dear
Parents,
We live in a world surrounded by technology. But only a tiny fraction of us learn the basics of how computers work, or how to create software technology.
Computer Science provides a foundation for virtually any career. The basics can be learned by anybody, starting in elementary school. But fewer than 10% of students try. Only 2% are women. 1% are students of color.
Programming literacy will be key to your child’s future. This year we are joining a massive campaign to prepare students for the 21st century during Computer Science Education Week (Dec 8-14).
The Hour of Code campaign aims to introduce 10 million students to one hour of computer science.
While your children will have the opportunity to participate at school, I encourage you to participate too. You can help introduce others in your community to computer science - whether in an after-school club, a church, labor union, etc.
See http://hourofcode.org for details.Sign up to participate!
Sincerely,
Your teacher
We live in a world surrounded by technology. But only a tiny fraction of us learn the basics of how computers work, or how to create software technology.
Computer Science provides a foundation for virtually any career. The basics can be learned by anybody, starting in elementary school. But fewer than 10% of students try. Only 2% are women. 1% are students of color.
Programming literacy will be key to your child’s future. This year we are joining a massive campaign to prepare students for the 21st century during Computer Science Education Week (Dec 8-14).
The Hour of Code campaign aims to introduce 10 million students to one hour of computer science.
While your children will have the opportunity to participate at school, I encourage you to participate too. You can help introduce others in your community to computer science - whether in an after-school club, a church, labor union, etc.
See http://hourofcode.org for details.Sign up to participate!
Sincerely,
Your teacher
Mrs. Keyser
