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Programming Unit Final Project - Holiday Coding Projects For Everyone!

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This is your chance to turn your coding experience into a holiday project.  Follow the links below to the different activities today.  Enjoy!  - Mr. S Dancing Yeti Project:  Make the Yeti Dance, a digital animation project from Made with Code! Holiday Emoji Project :  You’re about to design a custom holiday emoji that you can share digitally or IRL. Holiday Card Project :  Codecademy is the easiest way to learn how to code. It's interactive, fun, and you can do it with your friends. Check out this tutorial that will help you create a Holiday Card Web Page.  Twelve Days of Christmas Code:    Nice, simple implementation of the Twelve Days of Christmas. As jhixson puts it, “Pretty straightforward … in JS with a few ES6 bits.” Run it today, there are still a couple of days left! That is of course, assuming the twelfth day of Christmas is actually Christmas, which I believe is out of scope of this blog article. Snowstorm Project : ...

CSEd Week (Post-Script) - More and More Code for Everyone! freeCodeCamp.com

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We have already used many of the Blockley-Style Programming tutorials found on Code.Org.  Now, without creating an account, try some of the tutorials on other programming languages found on freeCodeCamp.com.  Here is some basic information (taken directly from their About Us page) to get you started.  Good Luck! What is freeCodeCamp? We’re a community that helps you learn to code, then get experience by contributing to open source projects used by nonprofits. How can you help me learn to code? You'll learn to code by completing coding challenges and building projects. You'll also earn verified certificates along the way. We also encourage you to join a study group in your city so you can code in-person with other people. Is freeCodeCamp really free? Yes. Every aspect of freeCodeCamp is 100% free. Can freeCodeCamp help me get a job as a software developer? Yes. Every year, thousands of people who join the freeCodeCamp community get their first software developer job. How c...

Learning To Code (Week 2) - Computer Science Education Week

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Information as of 12/1/17 at 10am Here it is!  So close to the holiday season, and we are now in the middle of Computer Science Education Week.  Please visit  csedweek.org , code.org , and hourofcode.com  to find a wide array of projects for you to complete in class, and at home.  Make sure you are spending some time at home showing your parents (and other family members) how cool is is to learn how to be a programmer! There is a wealth of information about careers, opportunities, and other ways to learn to code!  Use the information found at code.org/promote  to help learn about what your states are doing to increase learning opportunities for students who want to learn about computer science. Watch The Video Below To Get Started! Once you have looked at some of the resources above, and we have discussed them as a class, you have a choice to work on the following items for credit this week: Project 1:  Try the Celebrity Challenge:  Go to...

Learning To Code - Code.Org Accelerated Course MP2

Students will be introduced to the Code.Org K-12 Curriculum online. Students will use creativity, collaboration, communication, problem-solving and persistence to complete basic levels of BLOCKLEY-STYLE Programming. Students who complete the initial program will understand how to code in JavaScript! Step by Step Instructions Step 1: Technology Journal Entry:  "Why Learn To Code?" Go To Technology Journal and answer the question:  "Why should you learn to read and write computer code?"  by Hadi Partovi (Co-Founder of Code.Org). You must write at least 4-5 sentences about why you should learn to code, and what you could use this skill for in your future career. Step 2:  Why Is Learning To Code Important?  (Click Here For Video)  by Ali Partovi (Co-Founder of Code.Org) Step 3:  Sign Up For CODE.ORG and Join Our Class Online! SIGN INTO YOUR GOOGLE GMAIL ACCOUNT GO TO CODE.ORG AND CLICK "SIGN IN WITH GOOGLE+" GO TO CODE.ORG/JOIN AND USE CLASS CODE (See...

Create your own Google logo Google - Hour of Code Preview Assignment

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Hour of code  in your classroom. The  Hour of Code  is a global movement by Computer Science Education Week and  Code .org reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries through a one- hour introduction to computer science and computer programming. Code.org® is a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science and increasing participation by women and underrepresented minorities. Our vision is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science, just like biology, chemistry or algebra. Code.org organizes the annual  Hour of Code  campaign which has engaged 10% of all students in the world and provides the leading curriculum for K-12 computer science in the largest school districts in the United States. Code.org is supported by generous donors including Microsoft, Facebook, the Infosys Foundation, Google, Omidyar Network, and  many more . What is a Google Doodle?   https://www.google.c...

Historical Figure Facebook Project - Assembly Day 17-18 S1 (Research & Synthesize Information)

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Today we will be using the research you have done since last week, and the pictures you found online to ASSEMBLE our Historical Figure Facebook Pages. Please follow along in class as we "drag and size" pictures into our project. You will also be re-typing (or copy/paste) information into the various places on the document. YOU MUST MAKE A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT THAT IS AT THE LINK BELOW. RENAME YOUR DOCUMENT "HFFP (Person's Name) (Your Last Name) P?" Example: HFFP JFKennedy Scribner P1 HISTORICAL FIGURE FACEBOOK PROJECT TEMPLATE LINK (CLICK HERE)  MR. SCRIBNER'S SAMPLE "GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR." You must SHARE the Google SLIDE (Presentation) with Mr. S (hscribner@ccs.us ) Open the location of your Pictures and Start by Formatting and Inserting the Pictures today. Make sure to scale the pictures to the spaces appropriately, and make sure that they are appropriate. Imagine you are the Famous Person and that you are placing the pictures they might ...

SPENT: A NEXTGEN Personal Finance Simulation Project (Middle School) CCS

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If you do not finish all assigned tasks before the end of the class, you must complete them on your own time.  If you are finished early you may work on your Historical Figure Facebook Project Research Page.  If that is complete, you may work on makewav.es, khan academy, typing.com (lessons only), or work for another class. The Inquiry below is intended to help introduce students to the decisions people have to make everyday when they are living paycheck to paycheck. The Supplemental Resources are provided only to support the Inquiry, but the Inquiry is a comprehensive lesson on its own. In this Inquiry, students will use a simulator to roleplay an adult trying to make ends meet when they don’t have a surplus of finances. In the process, students will learn about how their decisions impact the people around them and their ability to pay for the necessities each month as well as the pressures and decisions that many people face in this situation. Through this Inquiry, they will...