One Hour of Coding

Coding can be such a powerful for students. It creates problem-solving skills that be used across every subject and helps students learn increasingly valuable college and career skills. The past few years, I had the opportunity to lead a "Coding Club" for my school's after-care program. Because I know absolutely zilch about coding itself, I started with a group of highly-motivated third graders who I thought would get a kick out of playing on the computer for a few hours with some of their favorite cartoon characters.

Code.Org has also been endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates who, as we all know, are industry titans. The site also shows different exciting careers, that unexpectedly use coding to help students think about their future careers.