‘Hour of Code” Occasion Coming to Chauncey
ATHENS, OH – WOUB’s Studying Lab and the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery are holding an Hour of Code occasion in Chauncey to assist kids of all ages find out about laptop coding. The
occasion will likely be held on December 11 on the Athens Meigs Instructional Providers Middle positioned at 21 Birge Drive.
Yearly in December, tens of millions of scholars around the globe have fun Pc Science Schooling Week (December 5 – 11) with the Hour of Code. The Hour of Code started as a one-hour coding problem to offer college students a enjoyable first introduction to laptop science and has change into a world studying occasion, celebration, and consciousness occasion.
The Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery have helped the WOUB Studying Lab produce this occasion for the previous a number of years. It was even provided just about in 2020. This in particular person occasion in Chauncey is a means for everybody in our area to study extra about coding in some enjoyable methods.
“We can have coding for all age ranges,” stated WOUB’s Instructional Providers Supervisor Deborah Brewer. “Our youngest learners can have the chance to code with Bee Bot or study to make use of PBS Youngsters’ Scratch Junior, which permits them to code their favourite PBS Youngsters characters. We may even have extra superior coding actions with our mini robots – Sprint and Cue. We even have some Ohio College college students to assist with advance coding utilizing micro:bits.
Computing occupations are the fastest-growing, greatest paying, and now the most important sector of all new wages within the US. Each little one deserves the chance to succeed. This occasion is a technique to get even our youngest learners keen on coding and to see how enjoyable it may be.
The occasion runs from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
WOUB will likely be gifting away prizes and books to those that attend. Registration is appreciated to assist us guarantee we have now sufficient actions for everybody.
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