Today we had a great visit to Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire! Today, we got a chance to visit Concord High School, where they are using CodeHS to help teach their computer science classes. I had a great time at the visit here, and got a chance to speak with the teachers at … Continue reading Day 40 // 5/15/2015 // Griswold, Connecticut → Wilmington, Vermont
A driving day for Karel the Dog! Today was another big driving day for Karel the Dog. We left New York City and headed north for more workshops. Where will Karel go next? Continue reading Day 39 // 5/14/2015 // New York City → Griswold, Connecticut
A visit to Relay Graduate School of Education and Success Academy! Today we had some more visits around New York City. We visited the Relay Graduate School of Education, as well as Success Academy. Teacher training is a key part of improving access to computer science education and right now we are helping to train … Continue reading Day 38 // 5/13/2015 // New York City
Today we visited North Star Downtown Middle School and the Browning School! We start off the class period with a “Do Now.” A “Do Now” is a short activity to start that class that gets students involved and active right away. Brian Smith is the computer science teacher at North Star Academy Downtown Middle School … Continue reading Day 37 // 5/12/2015 // New York City
Today we ran a workshop at the Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School! Today we ran a workshop at the Performing Arts Charter School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The students hadn’t done any programming before, and we started off with a short presentation before moving into doing the actual coding. Students were able to dive right in, … Continue reading Day 36 // 5/11/2015 // Philadelphia → New York City
Off to Philadelphia, PA! Today Karel started in DC and headed towards Philly for another week of workshops! Make sure to stay following along on Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat! Continue reading Day 35 // 5/10/2015 // Washington D.C. → Philadelphia
Karel goes to the White House! Today in D.C. Karel the Dog stops by the White House! Continue reading Day 34 // 5/9/2015 // Washington D.C.
Today we visited the Gunston School for a great class visit! Today, we did a great classroom visit to the Gunston School in Centreville, Maryland. The Gunston School is teaching their first computer science class this year using CodeHS, and it has been a great success. Most of the students had never done any sort … Continue reading Day 33 // 5/8/2015 // Grasonville, Maryland → Washington. D.C
Today we kept on driving to Maryland! Today was another big driving day for Karel the Dog and the Pink #ReadWriteCode CodeHS van. We started in Roanoke, and continued all the way past Washington D.C. for our school visits over in Maryland! Continue reading Day 32 // 5/7/2015 // Roanoke, Virginia → Grasonville, Maryland
We met with KVEC and drove to Roanoke! Today, we started off in Hazard, Kentucky where we met with a group of educators who are looking to bring in computer science classes to their area. This is what we meet with schools and districts about every day, but I think there a few important points … Continue reading Day 31 // 5/6/2015 // Hazard, Kentucky → Roanoke, Virginia