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  • Recruiting and supporting community volunteers to lead youth computational thinking activities at the library

    Limited available staff is a reality for most libraries, resulting in very real challenges for starting new programs in new content areas. When the Normal (IL) Public Library (NPL) began planning computational thinking (CT) activities we asked ourselves, What do you do to meet your community need when your in-house toolkit lacks necessary resources like computer science (CS) & CT knowledge, available staff, and time?
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    Strategies, Ready to Code examples
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  • Sushi Go Party

    2 to 8 people can play this card game that awards points for creating different sushi combinations. This is an unplugged game that plays quickly, and the graphics on the cards have a Kawaii feel that will appeal to tweens and teens.
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    Games & puzzles
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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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    Lesson plans & activities
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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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  • Osmo Coding Jam

    A step-by-step lesson plan for a program that uses the Osmo hardware and app to teach youth about computational thinking and music.
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    Lesson plans & activities
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