About this video
This video shows the Hour of Code as a worldwide event where students in many countries try coding, often for the first time. It shares how the event grew beyond its goal, how leaders like President Obama supported computer science in schools, and why students and teachers think coding matters for everyone.
You'll be able to
- explain what the Hour of Code is and why it is called a global movement.
- give reasons from the video for why every student should try coding.
- describe how the number of sign-ups compared with the organizers' goal.
Key words
- Hour of Code
- A worldwide event where students spend one hour trying computer programming.
- computer science
- The study of computers and how to make them solve problems, including writing programs.
- program
- A set of instructions written in code that tells a computer what to do.
- global movement
- An effort that many people in many countries join to make a change.
Transcript
Okay, now, you're gonna press run. This December, schools across the globe will participate in the largest education event in history. The Hour of Code! This is so cool! [Repeats Hour of Code in other languages] Your teacher says you guys are into it. We are. It's very awesome.
Students around the world had an Hour of Code today. It's part of a global movement to show kids what it takes to create the programs and apps they spend so much time using. The largest education events in history. Organizers have set what they called an ambitious goal of reaching 10 million students this week Almost 15 million signed up.
Obama: "This week, I'm proud to join the students, teachers, businesses, and non-profit organizations taking new steps to support computer science in America's schools." You guys are already getting a head start on taking over the world. I got it! They've been so excited about it.
Oh my gosh, it's working. I did it! They don't even have to be a computer science engineer. Maybe they want to do something else, but in our world this is gonna be the basis for everything that we do.
Obama: "Move. Semicolon." Look what I did! It's so beautiful! When you're building a program, you have to think outside of the box. If you can change technology, you can change the world. I challenge girls in every single country to learn one Hour of Code. Yes!
Every district should do it. Every district can do it. Please help us get the Hour of Code to every school, and every classroom, and every child. And my school is doing it! Calling all teachers worldwide. Help us reach every school this December.
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