Expanding Coding Lessons with Osmo

This week in the Library STEAM Center, students were able to gather ideas from what they learned last week and apply it to the Osmo gaming system through Coding with Awbie.  "Osmo Coding Awbie uses hands-on physical blocks to control Awbie, a playful character who loves delicious strawberries. Each block is a coding command that directs Awbie on a wondrous tree-shaking, strawberry-munching adventure. Coding Awbie teaches problem-solving and logic skills."

To see the game in action, click on this video link...
Osmo Coding with Awbie

Students were also given the opportunity to get back onto http://www.code.org to further explore and expand their knowledge using Hour of Code activities.  Many students completed coding games and were able to print and take home completion certificates.  I encourage students to continue to enjoy these activities at home through our Library STEAM Center website.  

Computer Science Activities

What a fun month in the Library STEAM Center!  Code-On!!

Computer Science Education Week

Each year we celebrate Computer Science Education Week in the Library STEAM Center at Hornung.  This year the celebration takes place December 3rd-9th.  What is this week all about?

"Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is an annual program dedicated to inspiring K-12 students to take interest in computer science.  Originally conceived by the Computing in the Core coalition, Code.org® organizes CSEdWeek as a grassroots campaign supported by 350 partners and 100,000 educators worldwide.  CSEdWeek is held in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906).  Code.org is a non-profit dedicated to expanding computer science education. The Code.org vision is that computer science should be part of the core curriculum in every school, alongside other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses." ~https://csedweek.org/about

All JK-4th grade students took part in computer science education week at Hornung.  Our youngest students were introduced with the very basics of computer science with a visual representation of what coding is, and a new game to work on these basic concepts, Kodable.  Our 1st-4th grade students went to the Hour of Code website, linked through our Media Center webpage, and explored coding games such as Star Wars, Minecraft, and Dance Party.

The fun doesn't stop here!  Students can continue to access these resources throughout the year by going to our Media Center webpage dedicated to Computer Science Week.  

https://hornungmediacenter.weebly.com/computer-science-week.html