Hour of Code: Hr of Code: Student Center

What is Coding?

Coding is short for computer programming. It is a set of instructions a computer can understands and execute.

Coding USED to be hard, and with a steep learning curve. Early programming languages took A LONG TIME to learn. Thankfully, learning to code today is as simple as playing an iPad or online game. If you can play Angry Birds you can code (and even if you can’t play Angry Birds you can code)!

What is Hour of Code?

Hour of Code is a program put on by code.org to encourage millions of students around the world to spend an hour coding during the week of December (Dec. 5th-9th).  Code.org offers teacher and student free tutorials, lesson plans, support, and games that will teach beginning to advanced coders.   

Want More Coding?

Check out the Code.org tutorials here!

Hour of Code Programs: Choose Your Favorite!

In each of these self-paced tutorials you will write code to play a series of games.  No prior coding experience necessary!

Star Wars: choose from block coding (drag and drop) or javascript tutorials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minecraft: Use blocks coding to take Steve or Alex on an adventure through the Minecraft world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Code Combat: Choose your hero and code your way through Kithgard Dungeon using JavaScript, Python, Lua, CoffeeScript. 

Instructions for Doing the Hour of Code in Other Languages:

• La Hora de Código en Español​

• giờ mã ở việt

• کوڈ کے گھنٹے

 

How do you do an #HourOfCode in a different language? It's easy: scroll down to the bottom of the tutorial and there's a drop down for languages!