Our route around the United States 62 school visits, 13,000 miles and we’re back! Karel’s 2nd USA Road Trip began in April with the goal of visiting schools, teachers, and students all over the country to learn more about computer science education and to see first hand how CodeHS is being used. After lots of … Continue reading Dear Computer Science Teachers, Thank you!
Karel is back to SF! Today was the final day of the trip, and we arrived back in San Francisco! This was the final day of our big USA tour. Karel, the pink #ReadWriteCode van and the CodeHS team finally arrived back in San Francisco after going all around the country. We started today in … Continue reading Day 69 // 6/13/2015// Medford, Oregon → San Francisco, CA
Pink Van at Crater Lake Today we visited Culver High School and met with students at Trinity Lutheran! Today was our last day of school visits on Karel’s Big USA Road Trip! We started off at Culver High School to visit some teachers and students that had been teaching and learning with CodeHS this past … Continue reading Day 68 // 6/12/2015 // Bend, Oregon → Medford, Oregon
Today we ran a day of workshops at Oregon City Service Learning Academy! Today we ran a day of workshops at Oregon City Service Learning Academy. We got to visit 5 of the math classes and lead introductory workshops in computer programming. A few students had done a bit of programming before, but for most … Continue reading Day 67 // 6/11/2015 // Portland, Oregon → Bend, Oregon
Karel gets to Portland, Oregon! Today we had another good driving day for Karel the Dog. We drove through Oregon towards Portland! Continue reading Day 66 // 6/10/2015 // Pendleton, Oregon → Portland, Oregon
Karel does a lot of driving and gets some views in Idaho! Karel is headed towards Portland. We started in Boise, Idaho, where Karel got a bunch of emailing done and then checked out a few key spots in Boise, like Table Rock. Then we drove and ended up staying in Pendleton, Oregon. Continue reading Day 65 // 6/9/2015 // Boise, Idaho → Pendleton, Oregon
Today we had some meetings in Salt Lake City and then continued west to Boise, Idaho. We’re on our way back to San Francisco in a few days! Continue reading Day 64 // 6/8/2015 // Salt Lake City, Utah → Boise, Idaho
Karel explores Salt Lake City! Karel headed downtown today to view some of the main attractions in Salt Lake City. Here Karel visits the Temple over in Salt Lake City. Wondering where Karel is headed next? Check it out on Twitter and Facebook! Continue reading Day 63 // 6/7/2015 // Salt Lake City
Today we continued driving to Utah! Today we continued the drive west. Since we weren’t sure how long we needed to continue for, we used a while loop. while(facingWest()) { move(); } And then we arrived in Salt Lake City! Continue reading Day 62 // 6/6/2015 // Rawlins, Wyoming → Salt Lake City, Utah
Today we met with the Denver School of Science and Technology! Today we met with the Denver School of Science and Technology. They have a network of schools and are thinking about how they can improve and expand their coding classes. I got to meet with one of the teachers, Jackie, who is teaching a … Continue reading Day 61 // 6/5/2015 // Denver, Colorado→ Rawlins, Wyoming