#IGNITE Code Camp
Shimotsu Elementary’s First Annual #IGNITE Code Camp On the week of June 5th through June 9th we held our #IGNITE Code Camp at Shimotsu Elementary. This turned out to be a wonderful week long event that helped introduce our Shimotsu students to code through the use of Google CS-First, Scratch MIT, Makey Makey Kits and Ozobots. How it all started: This is the first year that started a full on after school code club. I was introduced to coding through Hour of Code. Later on, as I attended TCEA in 2016, I saw how coding was something that can help kids grow and enhance their learning. I was amazed as to how many schools started implementing it throughout Texas and we were falling behind as a district, let alone as an elementary. This school year I offered to start a code club without knowing what do or how to start it. I was troubled and puzzled because I was not sure where to start. However, I had already started using Scratch MIT the previous year in my class, so we just natura