{"id":12635,"date":"2017-06-30T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/premier_developer\/?p=12635"},"modified":"2019-02-14T20:23:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T03:23:36","slug":"delighting-students-with-microsoft-hour-of-code-and-minecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/premier-developer\/delighting-students-with-microsoft-hour-of-code-and-minecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Delighting students with Microsoft Hour of Code and Minecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is provided by Senior ADM, Cissy Ho, who spotlights an \u201cHour of Code\u201d to inspire others through technology and shares information on how you can too.<\/p>\n

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As a part of working in Premier Developers and Microsoft Canada, I am honored  to share my technology expertise with Enterprise developers, and even broader communities with students and young in-college settings.<\/p>\n

Last November I taught an “Hour of Code” in two schools and coded Minecraft tutorials in 3 classes.<\/p>\n

My goals were to bring awareness that “Coding can be a part of Everything we do”.  I have related to the students how coding is all about solving problems, working with friends and using your own creativities!    <\/p>\n

We used the Microsoft Minecraft tutorial (https:\/\/code.org\/minecraft<\/a>).  The tutorial contains block programming techniques to conduct adventures such as coding the Iron Golem to chase out and hit zombies!<\/p>\n

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At the beginning of session, a student came and told me that Minecraft is his favorite game.  I told him that it is fun to play in Minecraft, but it is even cooler <\/em>to program your characters and ‘code’ your own adventures.  His face lit up and he was ready to learn.   <\/p>\n

I worked with a Grade 9 after school boys program, a Grade 2 English class and a Grade 2 French Immersion class.  Despite age and language differences, all the common experience was that students loves to learn, and collaborate ‘organically’ to solve challenges. <\/p>\n

My hope was to show them that logic programming is not difficult and provide experience at creating with technologies–not being an end user of technologies.<\/p>\n

For more information about Hour of code: Please visit https:\/\/hourofcode.com<\/a>. Anyone can participate and give back to the community through a self-organized event or work. The tutorials are from age 4-104.<\/p>\n

For more information on Microsoft participation in the Hour of code event listed here: https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/2016\/11\/15\/microsoft-and-code-org-announce-free-minecraft-hour-of-code-tutorial-for-computer-science-education-week-dec-5-11\/#SCXlyuIXG50oh1p2.97<\/a><\/p>\n

On a related topic, here is a great resource to turn S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) passion into actions for everyone.  http:\/\/makewhatsnext.com\/careers\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Premier Support for Developers<\/strong><\/a> provides strategic technology guidance, critical support coverage, and a range of essential services to help teams optimize development lifecycles and improve software quality.  Contact your Application Development Manager (ADM) or email us<\/a><\/b> to learn more about what we can do for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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