The Hour of Code at the secondary school at Frechen, nearby Cologne, Germany is the sixth version of this event. In cooperation with the association of natural science (LNU e.V.) and the Microsoft Student Partners we train 70 students. The students between 11 and 15 get the chance to start with programming in 2 hours.
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We have three workshops:
- Beginner (11-13y)
They start with the classic Hour of Code Tutorials and love to learn the first steps of programming with the Minecraft Tutorials. - Advanced (13-15y)
This group starts to create an App with the Android Appinventor and the Windows App Kit, which works into a browser only. They start to learn about class, objects, events and UIs.
3. Pro (13-15y)
In this group we have students, who knows a language like Java, C# or another one. We start to develop a classic application a watch with Visual Studio 2015 with Windows 10 and on Mac with Visual Studio Code. After this session they will have their own watch and it´s possible to change the timezones.
After one hour we have a small break and a second hour for the Workshops. In the second timeslot the students have the chance to test the Acer Mixed Reality device and the HoloLens at a Mixed Reality lab into a special room at this school.