- Most Schools don't teach coding?
- Coding can improve math and science test scores.
- Coding teaches abstract thinking, problem solving, and persistence?
- Coding helps prepare students for an unknown career future.
- There are projected to be 1,000,000 more computer science jobs than students by the year 2020.
- Computer science is a top paying college degree, and the field is growing 2x the national average.
- Coding is only 1 (small) area of computer science
- 60% of the math/science jobs available are for computer science, but only 2.4% of students in will graduate with a degree in computer science.
- Of that 2.4%, only 12% of computer science degrees are awarded to women.
Message From our President:
The initiative and push for 'Hour of Code' during Computer Science Education Week is working to flip those numbers around and steer more students towards coding and rewarding future careers.
This week, students were introduced to code.org.
- Students returning from Christmas break will be given a code.org safe student sign in account that they can work on at school and home at their own pace. Although computer science week is just this week, we have dedicated a portion of November and the entirety of December to learning how to computer program! Students have been having a great time learning to code for our Sphero class robots.
- Students were also introduced to several coding apps on our class iPads such as Tynker
- Some classes played "coding" simulation games
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