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How to organize an Hour of Code assembly or event

Get your entire school or community involved in an Hour of Code!

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1. Prepare for your event

• Determine a venue, date, and time.
• Send a letter to your local mayor, member of Congress, governor, or influential business person and invite them to speak. Check out our how-to toolkit when hosting an elected official during an Hour of Code for more info.
• Invite media/press. i.e. local news station, newspaper, education/tech bloggers. See our press kit for help.

2. During your event

• Kick off your event with one of our inspirational videos.

• Give an intro overviewing the importance of computer science, using these stats and infographics.

• ** Andra eventidéer **:

  • Invite a local industry leader to discuss his or her work involving computer science.
  • Invite a local politician and have students teach him or her how to code.
  • Have a group of students demonstrate an unplugged activity.
  • Have a group of students teach the principal or a group of teachers how to code.
  • If your school already teaches computer science, have students demo projects.

3. Share how it went

Share pictures of your event on Facebook and Twitter and use the hashtag #HourOfCode.

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Host a Family Code Night with the Hour of Code and invite parents to participate

Consider hosting a K-5 evening event and invite parents to join their students for an hour of computer science. This is a great way to engage the larger community and encourage parent support for computer science at your school. Our partners at Family Code Night have created an all-in-one event kit with planning checklist, presenter’s script, invitation emails, posters, powerpoints, and more to run your own event. Click here to download the Event Kit.

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Example plan for a school assembly or event

Event: School-wide Computer Science Education Week kick-off assembly

Date: Oct. 9 (start of Computer Science Education Week)

Time: During the school day. Mid-morning event preferred. Approximately 1 hour.

Location: School assembly hall (e.g. theater, gym, cafeteria)

Program

Tid	Aktivitet
10:00 - 10:05	Open with one of our inspirational videos.
10:05 - 10:15	Principal gives an intro overviewing the importance of computer science. Use these stats and infographics.
10:15 - 10:30	Speciell gäst berättar om sin bakgrund och hur teknik och datavetenskap spelar en viktig roll i deras liv varje dag.
10:30 - 10:40	Students do an Hour of Code demo for the school. Fun twist: have them teach the principal, politician, or other students!
10:40 - 11:00	Studenter gör en demo på en unplugged aktivitet och hur datavetenskap kan läras ut utan att använda datorer.
11:00 - 11:05	Lärare som hjälpte till med att få hela skolan att vara med ger avslutande kommentarer.

Håll en Hour of Code