hour of code: best practices for successful educators
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Best Practices from Successful Educators
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Did you know? Since 2013, over 100 million students across the globe have been exposed to computer science -- by over 70,000 educators just like you!
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Teaching one Hour of Code is simple. Just follow these five steps:
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Let’s explore some best practices that successful educators have
used to create amazing, awesome, unforgettable
Hour of Code events...
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Envision the experience you want your students to have, start to finish.
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Register your event and score swag or classroom support.
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Team up across classrooms, schools, districts and borders.
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Host a school-wide Hour of Code assembly.
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It’s a great way to drum up excitement...
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...before you code...
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...or after.
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Decorate the school: Use our posters...or make your own!
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Choose a tutorial and plan your lesson.
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Check your tech; troubleshoot in advance.
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● Ensure you have enough devices, or plan to code in groups.
● Test your tutorials on student devices:
○ Check video streaming speed on your local bandwidth.
○ Check sound and decide: should you provide headphones?
○ Preview the “Congratulations” pages.
● Test certificate printing.
● Visit the Hour of Code FAQ to troubleshoot in advance of your lesson.
Pre-teach core concepts...set students up for success!
...or make your own!#HourofCode @TeachCode
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Put your students in the driver’s seat...
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...empower them to teach their peers...
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...while you play the role of a “guide on the side”...
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...to unleash their creativity.
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Get unplugged...
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...not all computer science learning requires a computer.
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Capture the excitement, in the moment...
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...and make memories that last a lifetime.
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Invite community participation. Remember, anyone can learn to code...including parents...
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...teachers...
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...and other heroes.
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Break out of the classroom box. You can code anywhere, from the cafeteria...
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...to the library...
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...to the hall...
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...to the community.
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Consider strategic grouping. Students can code independently...
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...following along with you...
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...or at their own pace.
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Independent work can be silent...
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...supportive and collaborative...
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...competitive...
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...or just plain fun.
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Pair students up to code together...
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... it’s called “pair programming”...
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... and the world’s top tech companies use it to build awesome software...
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...but your students will just think it’s fun.
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Code in small groups...
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...to teach communication and collaboration...
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...or just maximize limited resources.
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Take time to debrief the experience...
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...hand out certificates...
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...or flash your screen.
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Build a wall of honor…
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…or find another way to recognize your superstars.
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So that’s it...Follow these five steps and remember...
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...no matter how you do it...
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...show us your Hour of Code!
Share your best practices, epic failures, stories, successes, challenges and pictures -- we love your pictures -- on social media:
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For more information, including a how-to guide for educators and free lesson plans, visit hourofcode.com/resources