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
The CodeHS team drove from Memphis to Nashville as we made our way to Birmingham! Today Karel started in Memphis, Tennessee and headed towards Nashville, Tennessee. Check out Karel the Dog at Graceland! Make sure to follow CodeHS on Snapchat, Twitter, and Facebook! Continue reading Day 20 // 4/25/2015 // Memphis → Nashville
What Does a CodeHS Workshop Look Like? I’ve now run probably way over 50 workshops at schools and other organizations all over the country. We have a pretty similar “first-day” workshop that we run to help get students excited about coding. Here’s what that looks like. Set Up the Room First, we make sure to … Continue reading What Does a CodeHS Workshop Look Like?
Arkansas is requiring high schools to teach computer science, so we met with the Department of Education! If you haven’t heard, Arkansas is now requiring high schools to teach computer science classes starting next year, in the fall of 2015. As a major advocate of computer science education, this is very exciting. It’s a major … Continue reading Day 19 // 4/24/2015 // Little Rock → Memphis
Today we ran a workshop at Northwest Rankin High School in Mississippi and headed to Little Rock! Today we ran a workshop right outside of Jackson, Mississippi. We visited Northwest Rankin High School, where they don’t yet have computer science classes. We were invited by the math teacher, and got to do a getting started … Continue reading Day 18 // 4/23/2015 // Jackson, Mississippi to Little Rock, Arkansas
We started in New Orleans and drove to Jackson, Mississippi for our next workshop! Karel needs to make sure to hone up the Java coding skills to prep for the upcoming workshops. Today was our last day in New Orleans, and we drove to Jackson, Mississippi where we had our next workshop. Time to hit … Continue reading Day 17 // 4/22/2014 // New Orleans -> Jackson, Mississippi
Karel’s Last Day in New Orleans, checking out some music! Karel get’s ready to hit the road again tomorrow, but first checks out a few key spots in New Orleans around the French Quarter. Here’s a small band playing. Karel, still unsure about whether to eat alligator. Continue reading Day 16 // 4/21/2015 // New Orleans
Karel in New Orleans Here Karel is taking a dog walk around New Orleans. Are you following Karel around the country on twitter, facebook and instagram? Make sure to follow CodeHS! Continue reading Day 15 // 4/20/2015 // New Orleans