Today was the last full day in DC. We ran a few workshops, starting at Fairmont Heights High School. They teach a class on computer repair and operating systems, and we did a intro to programming workshop with them. After the workshops at Fairmont Heights High School, we headed over to a middle school nearby … Continue reading Day 32: Washington DC
Today was a busy workshop day. We did workshops at Westlake High School and North Point High School in Maryland. The workshops went really well–we had a few network issues for a bit, but overall the students made a lot of progress and we had some good discussions. We had dinner at a solid Ethiopian … Continue reading Day 31: Washington DC
Today was a day in Washington DC. We visited a charter school called E L Haynes Public Charter School and got a chance to speak with a computer teacher there. Walked around Adams Morgan and got a huge slice of pizza. Lots of emailing, phone calls, phone calls, and meetings. Tacos in the area are … Continue reading Day 30: Washington DC
Today we headed out from Richmond, Virginia towards DC. We’ll be in DC for a few days now, so we can slow it down for a bit. We stopped at Five Guys for lunch for burgers. We arrived in DC and did a small tour of the National Mall area. Walked by the Capitol, the … Continue reading Day 29: Richmond, VA -> Washington DC
Today was day 28, the end of four weeks, and almost a full month on the road. We walked around the Duke campus, and got to visit a CS professor. We had lunch at the Duke campus, which was very nice, very southern, but also had that east coast feel, and then started to head … Continue reading Day 28: Durham, NC -> Richmond, VA
Today was a workshop and travel day. We did a workshop at Hilton Head High School a bit outside of Beaufort. We did two workshops there with classes that had used CodeHS for a bit. This workshop was more discussion oriented, and we got to talk about how computer science applies to them. The rest … Continue reading Day 27: Beaufort, SC -> Durham, NC
We ran a workshop today in a town north of Atlanta—at Campbell High School. The workshop went really well, and the students really enjoyed the visit. After the workshop we drove to Beaufort, South Carolina via a stop at a Walmart. The drive was longer than expected, and we got to Beaufort quite late. Driving … Continue reading Day 26: Atlanta, GA -> Beaufort, SC
We started the day in Birmingham, AL. We visited an AP CS and CS principles teacher at Hoover High School. Then we stopped at a best buy to get a mobile hotspot to make the workshop setup a little more portable. We saw the civil rights museum, and also the Sloss Furnaces, just minutes before … Continue reading Day 25: Birmingham, AL -> Atlanta, GA
Today we started in New Orleans, and drove to Birmingham. It was a longer drive than we expected. We got a bit of a late start, but made it in and got the chance to go to a bbq place for dinner, and also check out some of the city. We saw some music at … Continue reading Day 24: New Orleans -> Birmingham, AL
Today was a major workshop day in New Orleans. We started off with some workshops at Grace King High School. We did two workshops with students, first with the younger high school students and then with some older high schools students. After school we did a small workshop with some teachers and a vice principal … Continue reading Day 23: New Orleans