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Hour of Code showcased at Indian Prairie CUSD 204; parent volunteers urge district technology investment
Summary
During Hour of Code activities in an Indian Prairie CUSD 204 elementary library, volunteers and students described hands‑on "unplugged" coding exercises and a parent volunteer urged the district to increase investment in technology to support computer science learning.
Volunteers, students and a parent at an Indian Prairie CUSD 204 Hour of Code event described a week of hands‑on, “unplugged” coding activities and urged the district to invest more in technology to support students’ computer science skills.
A commenter (speaker 1) described the initiative’s purpose: "Hour of Code has been around for a while. It was started as a way to celebrate, computer science week to get kids excited about computers and coding and kinda get a taste, dip their toes into computer science." The speaker said organizers have emphasized offline activities this year: "we've been focusing on, like, unplugged kind of activities off the Chromebook, which has been kind of a nice change."
Students and volunteers recounted specific activities used during…
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