Programming (Hour of Code)

My students went to the computer lab this week, and for the first time tried Hour of Code. 

We all tried to program the moves that the angry bird would make to get to the piggy in a maze.

It was thought provoking and fun for the students.

Then students showed me, later in the week, about computer programming for Minecraft through Khanacademy. 

Parents are asking me about good programming software to purchase at home for their children who are very interested in the activity. For now my answer is those two programs. I'm sure I'll have more discoveries just around the corner, but for now Hour of Code and Khanacademy are pretty good sites to explore!