Sandy Creek Students Take Part in ‘Hour of Code’ Worldwide Event

December 21, 2016 Submitted article

Sandy Creek – Students at Sandy Creek Middle School and High School took part in the global movement “Hour of Code” recently.

Chase Pappa works to code a cell phone app in a more advanced “hour of code” tutorial during the event.
Chase Pappa works to code a cell phone app in a more advanced “hour of code” tutorial during the event.

The hour of code is a global movement, which started as an introduction to computer science. The event takes place during Computer Science week, Dec. 5-11 and millions of students from more than 180 countries from around the world take part in the event.

Online tutorials are available and students can download.

John DeGone, technology teacher at Sandy Creek, helps students navigate through the prospects for coding available during the recent “hour of code” opportunities at the school.
John DeGone, technology teacher at Sandy Creek, helps students navigate through the prospects for coding available during the recent “hour of code” opportunities at the school.

Facilitated by Rachel Allen, library media specialist; and John DeGone, technology teacher at the school, the week-long event saw students from grades 6-12 take part.

The students could select from a wide variety of coding opportunities, including building a flappy game, mine craft style gaming, even creating a cell phone app!

Students can take their interest in coding into more advanced coding tutorials or explore more through DeGone’s classes at the school.

Participation in the voluntary opportunity was good and coordinators hope to continue the event in the future.

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