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Minecraft joins the Hour of Code!

Since the very beginning, probably the #1 Hour of Code request we’ve heard is a tutorial featuring “Minecraft,” a game very special to girls and boys alike. We heard you! Today, we present Minecraft Hour of Code, in partnership with Microsoft and Mojang AB for the Hour of Code coming in just three weeks.

Scrabble Challenges

A nice little website to use along with the Snipping Tool to create some Scrabble challenges if you fancy...

http://www.fontspace.com/darcy-baldwin-fonts/djb-letter-game-tiles

Computing Growth Mindsets

Back to the future

A really accessible episode about Alan Turing and why computers use binary:

A really accessible episode about Alan Turing and why computers use binary:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbbc/episode/b03ybmyb/absolute-genius-with-dick-and-dom-series-2-8-turing

"Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Alan Turing, World War II codebreaker and the man behind the modern-day computer. Inspired by Turing's genius, Dick and Dom come up with their own genius idea, when they use the power of computers to put on a spectacular fireworks display."

Growth Mindset