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8th grade Ss working smarter rather than harder in Minecraft. They are using their coding skills to create a program to make their agent mine and collect resources for their team. @PlayCraftLearn@johncortazzo#youghsd#youghrocks
8th grade Ss exploring exciting career options available in Westmoreland County. They had a great time @ConnectWCCC, thank you Westmoreland County Forum for Workforce Development for putting on a great event. @tedkopas@ginacerilli#youghsd#careerready
Lost in Space Tuesday. 6th grade Ss learning about programming loops thanks to @scratch and @CodeClub_USA. Students created a Lost in Space animation with Scratch to see how loops work. #csinpa#youghsd#CSforALL#Steam
On Friday we code! 7th grade Ss got to experience programming with text thanks to @gotynker and @hourofcode "Counter Hack". They worked on loops, pattern recognition, and basic syntax. Great seeing them work together and having a great time. #youghsd#csforall#csinpa
7th grade Ss learning about Cybersecurity thanks to @theNOVALabs and @PBS. Ss identified fake emails, worked on password safety and basic coding skills. They all had a blast, what a great site. #youghsd#csinpa#csforall
Shout out to @JessicaMacey14 for being chosen as a panelist to share out and answer questions about Yough's Computer Science initiative at CSinPA K-8 training. Great job repping the district. @PADeptofEd#youghsd#csinpa
Thanks @johncortazzo for helping 7th grade Ss learn computer science with @DJIGlobal Tello drones. Students used teamwork, problem solving and math skills to complete today's coding challenge. #youghsd#STEM#csforall
YIMS Tech Titans Club (6-8th graders) Using @flipgrid to introduce themselves. Ss will have a playground of tech each club day to review. @johncortazzo#youghsd#dlpcoaching#studentvoice