On Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, North Shore Middle School joined a movement to help introduce all students to their first hour of computer science called “The Hour of Code” to coincide with Computer Science Education Week.
“North Shore invited all middle school students to join in the library during their lunch periods and recess time for a fun and educational introduction to coding,” technology teacher Keith Slack said.
The Hour of Code was organized by secondary S.T.E.A.M director Amy DiMeola along with technology teachers Slack and Anthony Facchini. Additionally, high school students taking IB computer programming joined the faculty to assist their younger peers.
The Hour of Code is a global learning and awareness-building event where participants from kindergarten and up can engage in hundreds of different computer science activities. Activities require no experience and can be run on browsers, tablets or smartphones.
At North Shore Middle School, students used Code.org to participate in block coding to code a “dance party” featuring top hit musical songs and used multiple coding applications to code a small drone, follow prompts and carefully navigate it inside the library.
