{"id":11822,"date":"2016-11-30T14:17:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T22:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/?p=11822"},"modified":"2016-11-30T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T22:17:35","slug":"hour-of-code-demystifies-coding-for-students-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/hour-of-code-demystifies-coding-for-students-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour of Code Demystifies Coding for Students Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hour of Code, a global movement to introduce students to the fundamentals of computer science organized by <em>Educator Innovator<\/em> partner <a href='http:\/\/code.org' target='_blank'>Code.org<\/a>, takes place next week, December 5&ndash;11. <\/p>\n<p>Aimed at demystifying computer science and showing students that anyone can learn to code, the Hour of Code does not require any prior experience from students or teachers. <a href='https:\/\/HourofCode.com\/learn' target='_blank'>HourofCode.com\/learn<\/a> has over 200 free, multi-language activities, including ones that apply to language arts, music, natural and social sciences, and more! All activities can be completed on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, and some don\u2019t require any computer at all.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers interested in hosting an Hour of Code event should check out <a href='https:\/\/hourofcode.com\/us\/how-to' target='_blank'>the how-to guide<\/a>, and can <a href='https:\/\/hourofcode.com\/us#join' target='_blank'>register their event<\/a> on the Hour of Code website.<\/p>\n<h4>Why Computer Science?<\/h4>\n<p>Computing is the number one source of new wages in the U.S. There are more than 500,000 computing jobs open nationwide. Computer science graduates enjoy the second-highest starting salary and the highest full-time employment rate (76%) within six months of graduation, but most schools don\u2019t teach computer science. Every 21st-century student should have the opportunity to learn how to create technology. Join the movement at <a href='https:\/\/hourofcode.com' target='_blank'>HourofCode.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hour of Code, a global movement to introduce students to the fundamentals of computer science organized by <em>Educator Innovator<\/em> partner Code.org, takes place next week, December 5-11. <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":11830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[407],"tags":[408,76,862,113],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11831,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11822\/revisions\/11831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}