Coding's Finest Hour Summary

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Jacobson.L (2016). Coding’s finest hour. School Library Journal,62(1),11. The article, “Coding’s Finest Hour” by Linda Jacobson is an overview of relatively new initiative, Hour of Code, which aims to introduce elementary children to computer coding. Hour of Code is in its third year and encourages schools to introduce coding to all students, including the very young. The article details the Hour of Code held every December and describes free coding activities available through the website Code.org. Students can decide to experiment with coding through three different tutorials that are very appealing to children. The tutorials use characters and settings from Minecraft, a popular online game, Frozen and Star Wars both based on popular