Start an Hour-of-Code Event, Dec. 7-13

Hour of Code is a global movement by Code.org to get everyone learning the basics of computer programming.   The organization facilitates one-hour introductions to computer science and offers tutorials to enable anyone to start coding.  The aim is to get tens of millions of people worldwide to devote an hour to learning how to code during the week of December 7-13, which coincides with Computer Science Education Week.  Anyone can sign up to create and run an Hour of Code event, in school or outside of school.  In Newton, school events have been set up at Angier, Burr, CATS Academy, Chestnut Hill School, Countryside, Horace Mann, Oak Hill, Peirce, Memorial-Spaulding, Mount Alvernia HS, Newton Country Day, Newton North HS, Solomon Schechter, Williams, and Zervas.  The free, online educational resource, Khan Academy — a free, online educational resource — offers multi-hour, self-paced tutorials and has created one-hour versions for Hour of Code.