I started the morning in Baltimore and drove to Philadelphia to run a workshop at the Crossroads Academy at Elverson. I did a workshop with a group of students, and also spoke to the entire school about CodeHS, computer science, and its applications. It went really well! After that, I got a chance to walk … Continue reading Day 34: Baltimore, MD -> Philadelphia, PA
I started in DC, and drove to Baltimore today. I ran a workshop at a middle school in Baltimore after school. After that, I headed towards a hostel to get all set up. Met some people and walked around the area taking photos. Got some stuff done on the computer and some calls. Continue reading Day 33: Washington DC -> Baltimore
Today was the last full day in DC. We ran a few workshops, starting at Fairmont Heights High School. They teach a class on computer repair and operating systems, and we did a intro to programming workshop with them. After the workshops at Fairmont Heights High School, we headed over to a middle school nearby … Continue reading Day 32: Washington DC
Today was a busy workshop day. We did workshops at Westlake High School and North Point High School in Maryland. The workshops went really well–we had a few network issues for a bit, but overall the students made a lot of progress and we had some good discussions. We had dinner at a solid Ethiopian … Continue reading Day 31: Washington DC
Today was a day in Washington DC. We visited a charter school called E L Haynes Public Charter School and got a chance to speak with a computer teacher there. Walked around Adams Morgan and got a huge slice of pizza. Lots of emailing, phone calls, phone calls, and meetings. Tacos in the area are … Continue reading Day 30: Washington DC
Today we headed out from Richmond, Virginia towards DC. We’ll be in DC for a few days now, so we can slow it down for a bit. We stopped at Five Guys for lunch for burgers. We arrived in DC and did a small tour of the National Mall area. Walked by the Capitol, the … Continue reading Day 29: Richmond, VA -> Washington DC
Today was day 28, the end of four weeks, and almost a full month on the road. We walked around the Duke campus, and got to visit a CS professor. We had lunch at the Duke campus, which was very nice, very southern, but also had that east coast feel, and then started to head … Continue reading Day 28: Durham, NC -> Richmond, VA
Today was a workshop and travel day. We did a workshop at Hilton Head High School a bit outside of Beaufort. We did two workshops there with classes that had used CodeHS for a bit. This workshop was more discussion oriented, and we got to talk about how computer science applies to them. The rest … Continue reading Day 27: Beaufort, SC -> Durham, NC
We ran a workshop today in a town north of Atlanta—at Campbell High School. The workshop went really well, and the students really enjoyed the visit. After the workshop we drove to Beaufort, South Carolina via a stop at a Walmart. The drive was longer than expected, and we got to Beaufort quite late. Driving … Continue reading Day 26: Atlanta, GA -> Beaufort, SC
We started the day in Birmingham, AL. We visited an AP CS and CS principles teacher at Hoover High School. Then we stopped at a best buy to get a mobile hotspot to make the workshop setup a little more portable. We saw the civil rights museum, and also the Sloss Furnaces, just minutes before … Continue reading Day 25: Birmingham, AL -> Atlanta, GA