Churchill Jr. High student Aaron McKenney is one of two Utah winners in the Congressional App Challenge. The aim of the Challenge is to encourage students to learn how to code by creating their own applications. Thirty-three states and more than two thousand students participated this year in the ...
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Handful of students trade summer play for computer code training worth $10K
For the average teen, summer is precious time away from school to play, travel, or start a summer job. It’s hard to imagine something that could entice a high school student enough to forgo trips and recreation to head back into the classroom for nine weeks between June and ...
Photo Gallery: Hour of Code introduces basics of computer programming
Computer science may seem like a hefty subject, but most people don’t realize how easy it is to master the most basic concept: coding. The Hour of Code is a worldwide initiative designed to “demystify computer science and show that anybody can learn the basics.” Hour of Code events took place in ...
‘Hour of Code’ opens the world of computer science to students
Computers are sort of like our own bodies – lots of complex systems working together to (hopefully) keep everything running smoothly. And while it may take several years to understand the full ins and outs of both computer systems and the human body, learning some basic principles can help us in the ...