[nabs-l] Hour of Code

Greg Aikens gpaikens at gmail.com
Wed Dec 10 15:54:58 UTC 2014


Cindy,
This is great. Thanks for sharing.

On 12/10/14, Cindy Bennett via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Chris, thanks for posting as it reminded me to post this on social
> media! It is actually Computer Science Education Week which is
> probably why you got this opportunity. There is an accessible Hour of
> Code, newly introduced. The programming language is called Quorum.
> This Hour of Code has 7 parts complete with video tutorials. It took
> me a little over an hour.
>
> This project is really exciting as it is mainstream accessible and a
> lot of Hours of Code and other introductions to computer science often
> use a drag and drop interface that is not accessible.
>
> Part one of this Hour of Code can be found here. I encourage everyone
> to try it out!
>
>
> http://quorumlanguage.com/documents/hourofcode/part1.php
>
> Cindy
>
> On 12/10/14, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Has anyone participated in the Hour of Code Web site/program? My
>> Foundation
>> of Tech teacher has assigned it as extra credit and I am interested in
>> participating, but I'm not sure about its accessibility. Does anyone have
>> experience with this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum, Vice President
>> Maryland Association of Blind Students
>> Coordinator of Social Media, National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
>> Twitter: @Chrisn98, @MDMDABS and @NFBMD
>>
>> "Together, with love, hope and determination, we transform dreams into
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> Human Centered Design and Engineering
>
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> Federation of the Blind of Washington
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