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For the fourth year, Johnson Elementary School students participated in the Computer Science Education Weekâs Global Hour of Code, which started Monday.
The week-long one-hour instruction on computer science is designed to demystify code by introducing students to learn the basics and broaden participation in the field of computer science, according to the Hour of Code website.
Kim Martin, a math intervention and STEM teacher at JES said students in kindergarten through grade five participated this year.
âThey built and coded robots to get them to complete a task, used coding apps to get characters to dance and move through mazes, coded a drone to get it to jump from island to island (desks in a classroom), and even coded Christmas ornaments to print on our 3-D printer,â Martin said.
It’s been a banner past four weeks for Miles College.
On Monday, the school announced it will become a community center for Coding and Creativity as part of Apple’s Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2 initiative designed to bring coding and creativity experiences to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their communities.
Last week, the institution announced that it’s receiving a grant from Alabama Power and its parent, Southern Company, to support the Miles College Empowerment Center for Digital Excellence in Careers and Education (M-Power Center). The gift is part of Southern Company and its subsidiaries’ $50 million HBCU Initiative, a multiyear funding strategy announced in January 2020 that provides HBCU students with scholarships, internships, leadership development and access to technology and innovation to support career readiness.
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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a virtual Community Night of Coding from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15.
This is the 3rd annual event to celebrate Computer Science Education Week, an annual call to action to inspire K-12 students to learn about computer science, advocate for equity in computer science education, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners in the field.
CSforAR is partnering with the UA Little Rock’s Emerging Analytics Center and Cyber Gym to provide a virtual technology and innovation fair for families that features break-out sessions as well as four facilitated “Hour of Code” sessions.