6th Graders Participate in Hour of Code

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All students that attended school today participated in Hour of Code! What a fun, fun day! Read more about Hour of Code here. Many students enjoyed creating interactive games and products using tools on Code.org and Khan Academy.

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D. from period one was stoked to create his on video game that he published to the web.

L. from period three created this Flappy Bird game. Play here. Good luck!

H. from period five created her own nifty Flappy Bird game. Batman! So cool!

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This was so cool to watch. K was struggling with his code and he had no idea what to do next. His table partner stepped in when I had no idea what to do, and both boys figured out the error in the code, and made their video game work. AWESOME!

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Finally, K. from period six got the hang of scratch and created her very own holiday card with–SOUND! WOW!

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Every student that participated got a certificate to verify their completion of one hour of computer programming.

If you enjoyed your Hour of Code as much as I did, be sure to sign up for Kennedy’s brand new coding club!

We will meet on Tuesdays from 3:15-4:15 in computer lab 530.

In the meantime, keep coding! Oh, and check out the Flappy Bird game I created right here.

Made With Code

Code.org

Khan Academy

Scratch

CodeAcademy

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