{"id":13557,"date":"2018-10-17T17:30:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T00:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=13557"},"modified":"2023-03-08T17:08:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T01:08:36","slug":"hourofcode2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/hourofcode2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Ready for Hour of Code?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Are You Ready for Hour of Code?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s that time of year, and schools are gearing up for Computer Science education week! The yearly tradition for #CSEdWeek is to run an Hour of Code. When you do Hour of Code this year, don\u2019t just do any Hour of Code \u2013 do a\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/hour-of-code\/teacher#\/join\/teacher?campaign=hourofcode\"><i>Tynker Hour of Code<\/i><\/a><\/em><strong><em><b><i>. <\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Everything you need for HoC and beyond, all in one place<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring Hour of Code into your classroom for #CSEdWeek 2018 with 35+ FREE coding activities and more for all grades when you <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/hour-of-code\/teacher#\/join\/teacher?campaign=hourofcode\">sign up for a free teacher account with Tynker!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/hour-of-code\/teacher#\/join\/teacher?campaign=hourofcode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13616 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20181017105418\/HOC_1-infographic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"2311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20181017105418\/HOC_1-infographic.png 801w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20181017105418\/HOC_1-infographic-52x150.png 52w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20181017105418\/HOC_1-infographic-104x300.png 104w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20181017105418\/HOC_1-infographic-768x2216.png 768w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20181017105418\/HOC_1-infographic-355x1024.png 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/tynkerhoc5\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">Tweet the Graphic!<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/u\/0\/folders\/19pWGnMv2oOkQtf1xWgSlCkVAVwc79-6q\">Hour of Code Images<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beyond Hour of Code: Free Courses, Weekly Lessons, and More!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After your Hour of Code, you can continue to keep your students excited about coding with our free coding courses, weekly lessons and more. 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