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Arbury Hills Students Learn To Code Video Games
Elementary students at Arbury Hills in Mokena were introduced to computer programming by learning to code video games.
FRANKFORT, IL — Arbury Hills elementary students learned to program computers as part of the Hour of Code program, a national, grassroots project that introduces children to computer science.
Students learned a simple, block-style way of programming to code video games.
First- and second-graders coded maze activities related to Ice Age, Angry Birds and Star Wars.
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Older students worked with several games, including Dance Party, Minecraft and The Grinch: Saving Christmas with Code.
They used curriculum developed by www.code.org. The site is offered by a nonprofit that aims to teach women and underrepresented populations computer programming.
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Photo via Arbury Hills School.
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