Email

Author: deploy-code-org

pegasus/emails/2014-12-04-hoc.md

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---
+from: 'Hadi Partovi (Code.org) <[email protected]>'
+subject: "Join me tomorrow to answer your Hour of Code questions"
+litmus_tracking_id: "qa9q48fr"
+---
+## Join me tomorrow to answer your Hour of Code questions
+
+Please, join me and the Code.org staff for a live Hour of Code Q&A **tomorrow**. We want to help make your Hour of Code great, before next week!
+
+**Date:** Friday, Dec. 5 (tomorrow)<br />
+**Time:** 1pm PST<br />
+**Join:** [Here](https://plus.google.com/events/c3s9ult438ud35b6jdrt3kdjqk8)
+
+Click on the video to ask your questions. If you can’t make it live tomorrow, you can leave questions beforehand and [watch the archived video on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcIeI5anxw).
+
+If you haven’t already, watch our [how-to video and guide](http://hourofcode.com/us/resources/how-to). I’ve answered the most common questions below, but [read our FAQs](http://hourofcode.com/us#faq) for more. 
+
+## The Hour of Code keeps growing - Apple takeover and 65,000 events!
+Today Apple announced [Hour of Code workshops in every store *worldwide*](http://www.apple.com/retail/code/)! And 12,000 new organizers signed up classrooms this week. Can we reach 100M students this year?
+
+
+Thanks for your support,
+<br/>
+Hadi Partovi, co-founder, Code.org
+
+
+<% if ['us'].include? hoc_country_s %>
+
+**P.S.** The governor of [WA](https://www.facebook.com/CSEdWeek/photos/a.10151143918633253.448564.160922288252/10152577759853253/) wrote a proclamation and schools received letters from the superintendents of [CA](https://www.facebook.com/CSEdWeek/photos/a.10151143918633253.448564.160922288252/10152577754133253/) and [MD](http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/press/11_18_2014.html) urging every school to join the Hour of Code. If your whole school is participating - hooray! If not, you have 1 more day to recruit a fellow teacher to join you. :-)
+
+<% end %>
+
+#### Answers to common questions:
+
+**Do students need accounts to do the Hour of Code?**<br />
+No! (follow-on tutorials may require signup to save student progress)
+
+**Will YouTube videos work in my school?**<br />
+Code.org’s videos fall back to a non-youtube player, and include a download-link. KhanAcademy videos also work if YouTube is blocked. We’re not sure about others.
+
+**What computers/devices/hardware do I need?**<br />
+The ideal is individual devices (tablets or desktops), plus headphones for the kids to enjoy the videos. You can also show videos on a shared projector. And kids can program in pairs, or watch a teacher coding on a smartscreen. There are unplugged activities if you have no devices.  If you are using Code.org tutorials, [check out the IT requirements](http://code.org/educate/it).
+
+**Which activity should I start with /  Where’s the Anna/Elsa activity?**<br />
+All our curated activities are [here](http://code.org/learn), and you’re free to invent your own. For all ages, we recommend starting with a beginner tutorial (such as the ones with Angry Birds or the more-advanced Anna & Elsa one). A high school student should be able to finish one of these in 30 minutes and can then try a more advanced tutorial in JavaScript, such as KhanAcademy or CodeHS, or other options.
+
+
+<br/>
+<hr/>
+
+You’re receiving this email because registered to host an Hour of Code at [hourofcode.com](http://hourofcode.com/). We’ll send you only a few updates a year on our progress and the outcomes of your generous support. Don’t like these emails? [Unsubscribe](<%= unsubscribe_link %>).
+
+![](<%= tracking_pixel %>)