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  • CS First

    Free, easy-to-use activities and curriculum introduce students ages 9-14 to computer science through themed projects that attract students with varied interests. Instructional videos guide students through each activity, so no coding experience is needed to teach!
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  • Music & Sound (Libraries Rock!) Lesson Plan

    This program is based on Google’s CS First Music & Sound club curriculum and has been customized by Homer (AK) Public Library for a week-long coding camp to introduced kids ages 8-11 to basic computer science concepts while they create digital music, sound and video. Library staff worked with a music educator to deliver the program content.
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  • “An Unusual Discovery” Hour of Code Activity

    Two characters meet in a world and discover a surprising object. What happens next? It’s all up to students, who have the opportunity to use their imagination and creativity to code their own story.
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  • Google Computational Thinking for Educators

    This self-paced course helps educators learn about computational thinking and how it can be integrated into a variety of subject areas. Divided into five units, the course provides real world examples as well as supplemental readings to support your learning.
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    Professional development, Tutorial, Website
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  • Be Internet Awesome

    Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and online safety so they can explore the online world with confidence.
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  • Ready to Code school library connects coding to mentoring

    Beginning in the 2017-2018 school year, Belmar Elementary School (BES) started its first-ever computer science club, Coding Connects BES, which connected coding to mentoring. BES 4th-8th grade students attended a weekly coding club that focuses on their personal interests, including video game design, fashion and music.
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    Ready to Code examples
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  • Family Engagement: Public LIbrary Association

    The Public Library Association is working to help libraries learn about and implement successful family engagement strategies. The web resources include toolkits, marketing materials, and a report completed with the Harvard Family Research Project.
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    Strategies, Professional development
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  • Level Up Program Promotional Flyer

    A promotional flyer for a series of computational thinking programs at Waseca Public Library (MN) designed to emphasize choice and breadth of experiences.
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    Youth recruitment
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  • Ready, Set, Think: Computational Thinking for Kids Informational Flyer for Parents

    An informational pamphlet specifically written for parents and caregivers to provide an introduction to computational thinking and how it relates to early literacy skills. Includes activities.
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  • World's Slowest Computer Lesson Plans

    A complete run-down of how to facilitate an activity that helps young people understand that computers don't think on their own but follow directions given to them.
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  • Secret Coders Book Series

    From graphic novel superstar Gene Luen Yang comes an entertaining book series that combines logic puzzles and basic programming instruction with a mystery-centered plot.
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    Books & magazines
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  • Applied Digital Skills

    Engaging, video-based lessons that teach digital skills through immediate, real-life applications and project-based curriculum.
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  • Ready to Code’s “Game Hacker” teaches skills for success

    In this video Ak-Chin Indian Community (Maricopa, AZ) librarian Jeffrey Stoffer celebrates the accomplishments of students in their Libraries Ready to Code program, Game Hacker: Making, Fixing, Breaking. See how young people participating in Game Hacker are learning skills that will enable them to succeed in any future opportunity they pursue.
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    Ready to Code examples
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  • Turning Outward' to Your Community: Resources for Libraries

    A variety of tools library staff can use to begin implementing activities to help understand community needs.
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    Strategies, Professional development
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