We live in a world surrounded by technology. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly depend on understanding how technology works.
Computers are everywhere, changing every industry on the planet, but fewer than half of all schools teach computer science. Girls and minorities are severely underrepresented in computer science classes, and in the tech industry. Good news is, we’re on our way to change this.
With the Hour of Code, computer science has been on homepages of Google, MSN, Yahoo!, and Disney. Over 100 partners have joined together to support this movement. Every Apple Store in the world has hosted an Hour of Code. Even President Obama wrote his first line of code as part of the campaign.
That’s why schools are joining in on the largest learning event in history: The Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week (December 4-10). More than 100 million students worldwide have already tried an Hour of Code.
Ask your student if they participated in an Hour of Code activity and to show you what they did. If they (or you!) want to learn or do more, visit https://hourofcode.com/us/learn to find activities for all grades (pre-reader to grade 12). Activities include: making your own Google doodle, creating a Flappy Bird game, animating Star Wars characters and coding with Frozen’s Anna and Elsa.
