CS Sparks strives to spark students’ interest in computer science education. Through outreach events, CS Sparks builds problem solving skills and spreads a love of technology.
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CS Sparks went to the Museum of Science in Boston during CS Education Week in December, 2015. We taught hundreds of kids how to code using Lego Mindstorm’s program, which allows students to code robots by dragging and dropping commands.
CS Education Week is a national program aimed at inspiring individuals to take an interest in computer science. This program happens annually during the week of Grace Hopper’s birthday, December 9th. In 2015, CS Sparks ran three hackathons during CSEdWeek.
The CS Sparks Game Design camp combined two pre-existing programs, MIT’s Scratch environment and Microsoft’s Kodu environment, to inspire young girls interested in games to learn computer science skills. We used Google’s CS First curriculum to teach Scratch. CS First introduced girls to coding concepts and practices, while continuing their enthusiasm for gaming. Kodu took their coding…
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