Today we visited Omaha South High School and Marian High School! We started off our day by visiting Omaha South High School. At this school we got to meet with two teachers teaching computer science. It was a lot of fun. We first went to the computer lab where teach some of their classes. They … Continue reading Day 60 // 6/4/2015 // Omaha → Denver
Today we got to meet with schools and districts around Kansas City! 59 days into Karel’s USA Road Trip and you may think Karel would be slowing down… but that’s not true! Today we met with Kansas City Kansas and Kansas City Missouri school district. After some visits and meetings around Kansas City it was … Continue reading Day 59 // 6/3/2015 // Kansas City → Omaha, Nebraska
Today Karel went around Kansas City! Today Karel was in Kansas City. Today was a big work day for Karel, but there was also a chance to see a few key Kansas City sites. Check out Karel the Dog at the Liberty Memorial. And don’t forget BBQ, the #1 export (maybe?) of Kansas City. Here … Continue reading Day 58 // 6/2/2015 // Kansas City
Karel is still on the move(); Karel is still on the move(); ! We started off in St. Louis, Missouri and headed across the state to Kansas City. Go Karel go! And make sure you are following along with all of the updates on twitter! Continue reading Day 57 // 6/1/2015 // St. Louis → Kansas City
Today we made it to St. Louis, Missouri with Karel the Dog. There might be a lot of things to see in St. Louis, but we made sure to see the main thing — the Gateway Arch! Luckily there were clear commands and instructions guiding Karel towards the arch. The arch was pretty big too! Continue reading Day 56 // 5/31/2015 // Litchfield, Illinois → St. Louis, Missouri
Today was a driving day for Karel through Illinois! We dropped of Zach at O’Hare Airport in Chicago and then continued on south. Today was a driving day for the pink van and the dog, and we made it over to Litchfield, Illinois. Continue reading Day 55 // 5/30/2015 // Chicago → Litchfield, IL
Lots more school visits around Milwaukee today! Today we started off with a presentation to teachers at the Milwaukee School of Languages. We came in in the morning and presented to a handful of teachers across subjects. None taught computer science (since the school does not offer the class), but were all interested to learn … Continue reading Day 54 // 5/29/2015 // Milwaukee → Chicago
Today we ran workshops at Milwaukee School of Languages, South Division High School, and visited Kenosha Unified School District! Today we visited a few schools in the Milwaukee area. We started at the Milwaukee School of Languages, where my sister is a Spanish teacher. We visited her class and got to run a couple of … Continue reading Day 53 // 5/28/2015 // Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Today we visited Larsen Middle School in Elgin! Today we started off with a visit to Larsen Middle School in Elgin, Illinois. We were invited to do a workshop to a middle school classroom that had done a bit of coding, but had not used CodeHS. We got the students started off with some programming … Continue reading Day 52 // 5/27/2015// Chicago, IL → Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Today we visited my old high school, Deerfield High School! 9 years ago I took AP Computer Science in Java at my high school, Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois. That was the first programming class that I took. I then got a chance to study computer science at Stanford. 3 years ago we started … Continue reading Day 51 // 5/26/2015 // Chicago, IL