Malone Middle School & FA students,
welcome to your Hour of Code!
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Ok, what's the Hour of Code, and why should I care?
Coding is the process of using a particular language to program a computer to do something. Everything you do using a computer, from playing a game on an iPad, to texting a friend on your phone, to being able to read this page is possible because someone wrote the code for it.
Think about it, computers are becoming a part of nearly every aspect of our lives: your phone is a computer, televisions are computers, your car couldn't run without its computer. Learning to code is like earning the key to unlock all of those things.
Also, if you're at a point where you're starting to think about what you want to do after high school, and getting a job that will afford you the kind of lifestyle you want, then look at some of the numbers below, and watch the video. Pay attention to the fact that computer programmers aren't necessarily the stereotype of people working in cubicles. Because computers are now a part of every industry, having some ability to code, no matter what career you're going into will more than likely only help to make you more attractive to employers. The video below might give you a better idea of the types of opportunities that exist for people with the ability to code. In addition, this page contains a series of short videos showing women whose lives were changed by code, and show that you don't necessarily have to be a computer science major to have some knowledge of coding have a profound impact on your professional life.
Coding is the process of using a particular language to program a computer to do something. Everything you do using a computer, from playing a game on an iPad, to texting a friend on your phone, to being able to read this page is possible because someone wrote the code for it.
Think about it, computers are becoming a part of nearly every aspect of our lives: your phone is a computer, televisions are computers, your car couldn't run without its computer. Learning to code is like earning the key to unlock all of those things.
Also, if you're at a point where you're starting to think about what you want to do after high school, and getting a job that will afford you the kind of lifestyle you want, then look at some of the numbers below, and watch the video. Pay attention to the fact that computer programmers aren't necessarily the stereotype of people working in cubicles. Because computers are now a part of every industry, having some ability to code, no matter what career you're going into will more than likely only help to make you more attractive to employers. The video below might give you a better idea of the types of opportunities that exist for people with the ability to code. In addition, this page contains a series of short videos showing women whose lives were changed by code, and show that you don't necessarily have to be a computer science major to have some knowledge of coding have a profound impact on your professional life.
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The Hour of Code is an international event that was created to show students just like you what coding is, and show you that everyone can do it. So right now, as you're reading this and as you're learning your first bits of code, thousands of students around the globe are doing the same thing, at the same time.
Enough talk! Let's code!
Below are a set of tutorials (lessons) that you can choose from that will each teach you the basics of coding. Pick your tutorial based on what looks interesting and fun to you. Click on its picture to get started.
Below are a set of tutorials (lessons) that you can choose from that will each teach you the basics of coding. Pick your tutorial based on what looks interesting and fun to you. Click on its picture to get started.
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Tutorials on code.org (easy mode - but fun)
This is the official website for the organization behind the Hour of Code. They have many tutorials. They're pretty basic, but if you just have a few minutes to get started, or want to see what this is all about, they're a good place to start
Next level
These are tutorials from other sites that have partnered up to offer stuff for the Hour of Code. They are more sophisticated that the ones listed above. But, they cover all the basics, so if you're already interested, you can skip the ones above, and start here. Coding for Windows Computers
Coding for Other Devices
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That was great! Now what's next?
If you enjoyed your Hour of Code and want more practice, go ahead and try one of the other tutorials.
If you think you're ready to move on to bigger and better things check these out:
If you enjoyed your Hour of Code and want more practice, go ahead and try one of the other tutorials.
If you think you're ready to move on to bigger and better things check these out:
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Courses at FA
There are several course offered at FA through our Technology and Business Departments on programming in BASIC, C, and web design. Please talk to your guidance counselor if you might be interested. Computer Science Fundamentals Courses from Code.org
These are broken into smaller lessons like the tutorials above. But each of these courses can take up to 20 hours to complete. You don't have to do that all at one time though. Click on the picture to go to the course.
Other Sites
Hour of Code started at code.org, but now there are many partner websites that have Hour of Code activities as well. Here are a few. Click on the picture to open the website.
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