Girls Go CyberStart

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Coding, Computer Coding, Contests, Internet Safety | Posted on March 25, 2019

What is it?

Girls Go CyberStart is a fun and interactive series of digital challenges designed to introduce you to the field of cybersecurity. More than 6,600 high school girls played Girls Go CyberStart in 2018 and loved it! Best of all? You will compete in three stages for the chance to win cash prizes for you and your school as well as scholarships to help pay for college.

No prior experience is required as the program gradually builds your knowledge base, introducing you to exciting topics like cryptography, web vulnerabilities, Python, Linux and forensics. Teamwork, persistence and determination are key. Whether you already know a bit about coding, or have never considered a career in technology, you’ll enjoy Girls Go CyberStart!

So what are you waiting for? Grab your friends and sign up for the chance to win great prizes for you and your school!

Great Pinterest Page on Coding

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Coding | Posted on February 27, 2015

Our school district always participates in the Hour of Code – here is a wonderful resource for teachers wanting to integrate coding into their curriculum.

David Kapular’s Programming and Coding Pinterest Page

3 Online Coding Games for Students

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Coding, Gamification | Posted on March 13, 2014

code maven

 

 

Here are three online tools to help students learn computer coding.

Code Monster

Game Maven

Code Maven

Hour of Code for Computer Science Week Dec. 9-13

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Coding | Posted on December 3, 2013

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Hour of Code for Computer Science Week Dec. 9-13

Anybody can learn.

Even if you aren’t a student, you can take the Hour of Code yourself during Dec. 9-15. And you can help us recruit others to join the movement – at school, in your workplace, in the community.

If you are an educator, host the Hour of Code as an activity in your classroom.

If you’re an organizer or employer, host an Hour of Code event as a team-building exercise, after-school activity in a club, or elsewhere in your community. Click the appropriate tab, and start planning your Hour of Code!

Try the tutorials

Transforming the Way We Learn: Four New Ways Kids Can Learn with Minecraft

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Coding, Games, Gamification | Posted on September 24, 2013

 

Transforming the Way We Learn: Four New Ways Kids Can Learn with Minecraft This article outlines ways Minecraft can be used in classrooms to enhance student learning.  Examples include writing, learning code, and even lessons in digital citizenship.

Kodu Challenge Imagine Cup

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Coding, Contests, Games, Gamification | Posted on March 26, 2013

Kodu Challenge Imagine Cup

Imagine Cup happily invites aspiring game developers, ages 9 to 18, to learn coding by developing a video game with Kodu, an easy-to-learn, game-creation toolkit and programming language available for free download on Windows-based PCs. We’ve drawn on the expertise of Mercy Corps and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop to launch this new challenge and we can’t wait to see what young coders create!

The Kodu Challenge runs from March 19 through May 17, 2013, and invites students in two age brackets (9-12 and 13-18) to design games on the Kodu platform. For this challenge, students will explore the relationships between water and people through the medium of Kodu video games. Although the only limits for these students are their imaginations, the partnership with Mercy Corps offers the chance to learn and explore water-related issues, including disaster relief, clean-water engineering projects and much more through a video series launching soon right here on our site. While acquiring valuable skills such as critical thinking, storytelling and programming, students in both age brackets will compete for first-place prizes of US$3,000, second-place prizes of US$2,000, and third-place prizes of US$1,000.

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