Today we went to High Point Christian Academy for a classroom visit! Today we started in High Point, North Carolina. We were invited to visit High Point Christian Academy, where Paige Daniels teaches a computer science class with CodeHS. The class and school greeted us with a warm welcome. We spoke to some students over … Continue reading Day 30 // 5/5/2015 // High Point, North Carolina → Hazard, Kentucky
Today we ran a bunch of workshops at Cardinal Gibbons High School! Today was another busy day for CodeHS and Karel the Dog. We started in Raleigh, North Carolina, and went to Cardinal Gibbons High School. Jon Armfield at Cardinal Gibbons is using CodeHS to teach his programming class and is a huge fan. Discussing … Continue reading Day 29 // 5/4/2015 // Raleigh → High Point
We stopped by Duke on our way to Raleigh, North Carolina! On Sunday, Karel started in Charlotte. We drove through Duke at Durham, hit a bit of a traffic jam, and ended up in Raleigh for our next days of workshops. Continue reading Day 28 // 5/3/2015 // Charlotte → Raleigh
Today, we had to catch up on a lot of emails and walked around Charlotte! There were a lot of emails to catch up on for today, but we got a chance to walk around Charlotte with Karel the Dog. Got a pretty good view of some of those high rises downtown! Continue reading Day 27 // 5/2/2015 // Charlotte, North Carolina
Today we visited Fort Mill High School and Garinger High School! Today was a jam-packed day of workshops! We ran two workshops in the morning at Fort Mill High School then headed across state boundaries to run another workshop at Garinger High School. At Fort Mill High School we presented to a wide range of … Continue reading Day 26 // 5/1/2015 // Charlotte, North Carolina
Today we did some visits and workshops at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School! Today, we had a great visit to Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, South Carolina. Computer science teacher Tom Simpson has been using CodeHS in his classes and invited us in to visit and present to students. In the introductory programming class, students … Continue reading Day 25 // 4/30/2015 // Columbia, South Carolina → Charlotte, North Carolina
Today we visited McEachern High School and Forest Park High School! Thanks for hosting us! Introducing Karel the dog! Today we ran workshops at a few schools in the Atlanta area. First we visited McEachern High School. McEachern High School is a large public school in Cobb County School District. We visited a class that … Continue reading Day 24 // 4/29/2015 // Atlanta, Georgia → Columbia, South Carolina
Presentation on coding! We did a presentation and workshop at Community Christian School in Atlanta! Today, we visited Community Christian School outside of Atlanta. This was a small school that doesn’t have a computer science program. We were invited by the teacher, Batavia Domingues, who is trying to get support and student interest at her … Continue reading Day 23 // 4/28/2015 // Atlanta, Georgia
Today we met with Shelby County Schools in Alabama and visited 3 different schools for Presentations! Today, we had a big day of district and school visits in Alabama! We met with Shelby County Schools, who has been using CodeHS to help introduce a computer science program at their district. They’re doing mostly online courses, … Continue reading Day 22 // 4/27/2015 // Birmingham, Alabama → Atlanta, Georgia
Today, Karel the Dog visited Nashville and drove to Birmingham! Today we did a short visit to Nashville before we headed over to Birmingham, Alabama for some school visits. Make sure to follow all the next stops as we move(); move(); move(); arond the country! Continue reading Day 21 // 4/26/2015 // Nashville → Birmingham