RVC Hour of Code: Past, Present, Future

The "Hour of Code" is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. One-hour tutorials are available in over 40 languages. No experience needed. Ages 4 to 104 are welcome. The ultimate national goal is to get 10 million people to try computer science for one hour. In addition, the "Hour of Code" demystifies computer science and coding.


The FIRST “Hour of Code” event at Rock Valley College was on December 12th, 2015. The event brought 126 people from the Rockford Region to learn more about Computer Science fundamentals and coding! To keep this momentum going Professor Chuck Konkol of Rock Valley College started hosting monthly “Hour of Code” Workshops!

The“Hour of Code” workshops are FREE and OPEN TO PUBLIC! The workshops are scheduled the 1st Tuesday of the month.

The "Hour of Code" Workshops

• Fun, hands-on learning about coding
• Unplugged and online learning
• Perfect for ages 5 and up!
• Raffle prizes
• Information about CIS Computer Science and Coding Courses offered at Rock Valley College

​Agenda

• Welcome & Introduction
• Computer Science or Code Tutorial
• Wrap it Up with Raffle Drawing for Door Prizes

2019 Workshops
Location: CherryVale Mall (2nd Floor by Maurices)
When: 6:30 pm - 7: 30 pm;

• Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
• Dance Party.
• Code a Dance Party to share with your friends!

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• Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
• Create Animations That Talk.
• Bring your characters to life in Scratch 3.0.

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• Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
• Create Games with Javascript.
• Build a game in Kodable!

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• Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
• codeSpark Academy with The Foos.
• Create a Mario-style video game using codeSpark
  
  

• Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
• Create a Fun Game About Pets.
• Code using Tynker.com.
  
  

• Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
• Moana: Wayfinding with Code.
• Disney created a coding world to animate Moana.

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• Tuesday, August 6th, 2019
• Spritebox Coding.
  Learn to sequence, debugging and loops, and code in Swift & Java.

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• Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
• Robot Rattle.
• Operate a simulated robot with dragging & dropping code blocks.

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• Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
• BRICK BREAKER.
  Recreate this classic arcade game using Tynker's physics engine.

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• Tuesday, November 5th, 2019
• Coding Galaxy - Adventure Planet.
• Solve coding puzzles to save the beautiful planet.

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• Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
• Animated Holiday Card.
• Create an animated Holiday Card with Scratch 3.0.

Get Inspired to Code!

• Do you want SuperPowers? https://youtu.be/e3lOZUvskcg
• Global hour of code: https://youtu.be/pNiECaVMStY
• Change the World: https://youtu.be/BvRvluhfzf0
• #RVCHourOfCode 2015: https://youtu.be/KLTkNnXexfw

​Questions?
If you have questions, please email Professor Chuck Konkol at c.konkol@rockvalleycollege.edu