The 2018 Hour of Code is getting ready to kick off this coming week. I tried out Hour of Code for the first time two years ago. I helped lead every student one ELA/Humanities class at a time through Hour of Code. We talked a bit about the importance of coding and ways it surrounds us. Then they were set loose to choose one of the many activities (I love the filters to help find what suits you.) The kids were engaged, trying new things, and learning. What I'm doing this year But this year I wanted to do something different. Some of them do the Code.org or Hour of Code activities in their classrooms. I wanted to provide a unique opportunity for them, not duplicate what another teacher may already be doing for Hour of Code in my building, and involve something from our Makerspace...so I decided I wanted to use our Ozobot Evo mini robots that we got last spring this year for Hour of Code. I was planning on coming up with an activity, but then I saw on Twitter (Seriously, I get a lot of my best resources and ideas from Twitter.) that someone posted about Ozobot sharing activities for Hour of Code. The timing of me finding that article a couple of weeks ago couldn't have been better! It was perfect!
Last week I got to lead several 5th and 6th grade classes through the Ozobot Dance-Off. Did I follow it to fidelity? Nope. I don't think I have ever followed a pre-made lesson 100%. I always tweak them to make them my own and often need to shorten them due to time constraints. So what did I do?
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