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SUMMARY:26C.6563.23\, PE Central\,  Teaching Coding with Confidence
DESCRIPTION:
 
 
 Format:  CODE
 Classroom teschers\, media specialist
 s\, after school program leaders 
 
 
 
 Area:  School Climate\, Com
 puer Science
 
 Grade Span: PrK-8 
 
 
 Location:  Online
 Sponsor
 :   PE Central
 
 
 Presenter: Barbara Johnson
 Contact Hours:  4

  
 
 
 
 Target Audience: Activities are designed for a variety of gr
 ade levels\, but are best suited for the Pk-8 environment including classr
 oom teachers\, after school professionals\, library media specialists and 
 camp counselors.
 Course Purpose: The purpose of this e-course is to equ
 ip educators with the information and skills they need in order to get sta
 rted with coding with students. Through a series of lessons and tasks\, pa
 rticipants will gain the skills necessary to facilitate coding clubs\, int
 egrate coding\, or host your own Hour of Code!
 Course Description: Codi
 ng has never been more accessible and applicable to all ages! Thanks to bl
 ock based coding languages such as Scratch\, students and teachers can lea
 rn to code in a safe and easy environment.
 Connect with people from all 
 over the world to code robotics\, machines\, games and a wide array of dig
 ital maker projects\, build your knowledge base and confidence here! This 
 course will guide educators with NO CODING SKILLS AT ALL to be confident a
 nd comfortable helping students learn computational thinking\, problem sol
 ving\, and computer code in a variety of languages and formats.
 Course G
 oals: The information provided in this course will teach you the followin
 g.
 You will learn:
 • Gain a basic understanding of what is meant by 
 ‘Coding’.• To explore “unplugged” coding games\, activities\, an
 d resources available to you and your students.• Learn how to begin codi
 ng with young learners.• Explore self-paced courses that are available f
 or students to help them gain exposure to the fundamentals of computer sci
 ence.• Demystify the basic concepts surrounding robotics.• Unpack the 
 term gamification and how it related to coding.
 
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20250620T040000Z
DTEND:20300630T040000Z
DTSTAMP:20250620T213137Z
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