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Scratch That

Scratch That

Students at William O. Schaefer have been “lighting up” their brains by developing their computational thinking skills while exploring Lightbot. Ask your child to explain algorithms and debugging, or procedures and loops! We have learned to use mistakes to...
Coding, Computational Thinking, and Algorithms

Coding, Computational Thinking, and Algorithms

What is coding?  Why is it important to us?  Watch the video below to learn more. Second graders, check out this site: What is coding? Explore Lightbot.  See if you can Lightbot to light up the blue squares by creating the code for it to follow.  Learn new commands as...
Hour of Code

Hour of Code

The Hour of Code is here!  The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries.  This is the fourth year that thousands and thousands of kids all around the world are participating.  What a great way to get kids, teachers, and...
Coming Soon: Hour of Code!

Coming Soon: Hour of Code!

The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting...
Coding with Lightbot

Coding with Lightbot

What is coding?  Why is it important to us?  Watch the video below to learn more. Second graders, check out this site: What is coding? Explore Lightbot.  See if you can Lightbot to light up the blue squares by creating the code for it to follow.  Learn new commands as...