Day of Code

In about 2 weeks, my school will participate in its first Georgia Day of Code event. The middle school principal heard about this event when a STEM person came to visit our school a few weeks ago. As the media specialist, I have been asked to initiate this event and plan activities for both elementary and middle schools. In order to do so, I will need to become more familiar with coding. Through Twitter and conferences, I have gathered that this is a hot topic now as computer science becomes a skill and field of study young people should know. Fortunately, people like Khan Academy or www.code.org have cheat sheets and tips for me to browse.

Since it is short notice, my main goal will be to simply raise awareness for coding. I hope to do this through short activities that teachers, specifically science or math teachers, can use during the designated day(s). Some sites do have interesting activities, such as creating your own Angry Birds game. If students find enjoyment in the lessons, perhaps we could extend this to technology class or teachers might try it next semester for your Expeditionary Learning showcases.

This event will mark another chance to be a leader and program administrator. Whatever does not work this year, we can try to improve for the following year should we pursue it again.