‘Hour Of Code’ Exposes Students To Programming
More than 50 students from Texas A&M took part in AggieSTEM’s first Hour of Code. The event is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students around the world during Computer Science Education Week.
The Hour of Code is a one hour introduction to computer science designed to show that anyone can learn the basics of coding. The goal is to have students across all gender and ethnic groups participate to inspire today’s generation of students to build technology.
“A lot of students are still being taught the 19th century way. We want to bring our students to the 21st century,” said Dr. Robert Capraro, professor of mathematics education and co-director of Aggie STEM. “We want our students to be prepared to teach technology to the next generation in such a way that those students are better prepared for us.”
Only 27 states currently allow students to count computer science courses toward high school graduation credits and many believe that is holding students back from a growing job market. Currently, there are more than 600,000 available jobs in computer science. Last year, there were only 38,175 graduates in the workforce to fill those jobs.
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This article by Ashley Green originally appeared in Transform Lives.
