Wow- I am not sure where the time went. We are through a marking period already. I am pretty far behind in my blogging as I haven’t created one in 2 months. Ok this blog is focused on a very exciting event that occurs globally, reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Why shouldn’t students at Lancaster Lebanon IU13 be in that group as well! This movement is called THE HOUR OF CODE. What is the Hour of Code you might say, this is a time during with week of Dec 4-10, where you have your students participate in some form of computer coding. But know, you can do the Hour of Code all year round. There are so many tools you could use to do this for students of preschool to high school level. Check out this short video to get you and your students excited Watch: Hour of Code I am going to share with you several tools you can try to incorporate the Hour of Code in your classroom. Likewise, if you check out the SPOTLIGHT section over on your right, you can try to win either an OSMO Coding Aubie game or OSMO Coding Jam game. There are three opportunities to win.

Congratulations goes out to Erica Peterson, teacher at Fairland Center. You have been chosen to win the OZOBOT. Thank you for your great essay on how you can use it with your students! 

Can you believe summer is over? I know for a few of you, it is still occuring with school not starting until Sept 5th or 6th! Enjoy the last few days and for those that started last Monday August 21st- remember you have many days already done:) Ok kidding aside, I hope you are all ready for an exciting year ahead. I know I am! It has been awesome training staff in August on the use of Chromebooks in the classroom as many of our classrooms received new Chromebooks this year. Thank you IU13! I created a helpful document for those staff that are using Chromebooks. This is for your students (and you too).Tips on Chromebook  I hope you find it useful. I also created a PowerPoint that I used to teach these tips on using a Chromebook. Tips to Using a Chromebook Please feel free to edit is and make it your own.