Students To Participate In Hour Of Code, Computer Science Education Week Activities, December 3-9

November 29th, 2018

To mark the fifth annual Computer Science Education Week, all Howard County public schools will participate in Code.org’s global Hour of Code the week of December 3-9. Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science designed to get students interested in computer science and programming.

HCPSS Instructional Technology and Career and Technology Education offices have worked with teachers to create opportunities for students to try computer science for at least one hour during the week. Classroom participation will include discussions about Hour of Code and why participation is important, learning and understanding new coding vocabulary words, online coding activities, and offline coding activities like robotics and classroom work. Activities at each school will vary.

HCPSS Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano will visit several schools on Tuesday, December 4, to experience Hour of Code activities firsthand:

• 9 a.m. Folly Quarter Middle School
• 9:45 a.m. Triadelphia Ridge Elementary School
• 10:45 a.m. Dayton Oaks Elementary School

Media who wish to visit any HCPSS school should contact Brian Bassett at 410-313-1505 or brian_bassett@hcpss.org.