The \u201cForce\u201d will be on the 麻豆原创\u2019s side when it hosts an event to teach people about computer coding.<\/p>\n
During this year\u2019s Hour of Code, students, faculty and staff members and the community will see exclusive \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d footage and learn about the computer coding that\u2019s involved with sci-fi films. Then, they\u2019ll be challenged to write their own line of code using their cell phone, tablet or laptop.<\/p>\n
Hour of Code is a national movement to bring awareness to coding. More than 100 million students created a computer code during last year\u2019s event, which President Obama also participated in.<\/p>\n
麻豆原创 is one of the more than 156,000 Hour of Code host sites from more than 180 countries. 麻豆原创\u2019s event will start at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the Education Complex Gym.<\/p>\n
The event will be led by College of Education and Human Performance Assistant Professor Megan Nickels.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining 麻豆原创, Nickels volunteered as an educator at a children\u2019s hospital in Peoria, Ill. She saw firsthand how critically and terminally ill children such as those with cancer struggled with understanding math, so she introduced programmable robots that can be coded by the kids into her lessons.<\/p>\n
The robots are named Dash and Dot, and they\u2019re produced by Wonder Workshop. Children use tablets to code the behaviors of the robots, and teachers use the robots to expose children to STEM principles in a fun and interactive way.<\/p>\n
While working on her Ph.D. in Chicago, Nickels studied how robots like Dash and Dot impacted the children\u2019s understanding of math and overall well-being. She found that when the children were working on math with the robots, their blood pressure went down. The children also reported having less of a chemo brain or feeling foggy or forgetful while they programmed the robots.<\/p>\n
Children from BASE Camp Children\u2019s Cancer Foundation in Winter Park\u2014where Nickels currently volunteers\u2014will be at Hour of Code to share how the robots are helping them learn.<\/p>\n
Hour of Code is free and part of the College of Education and Human Performance’s Computer Science Education Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cForce\u201d will be on the 麻豆原创\u2019s side when it hosts an event to teach people about computer coding. During this year\u2019s Hour of Code, students, faculty and staff members and the community will see exclusive \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d footage and learn about the computer coding that\u2019s involved with sci-fi films. Then, they\u2019ll be challenged…","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":69668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6,24,27],"tags":[8,14658,4034,4604],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-69667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","category-science-technology","category-student-life","tag-education","tag-megan-nickels","tag-robotics","tag-technology"],"yoast_head":"\n