South Miami K-8 Center is a regional winner in the Learning.com 2016 Code-a-Thon competition. The national ed tech company sponsored the competition to introduce coding skills to elementary and middle school students. South Miami K-8 Center will receive a one-year subscription to EasyTech and EasyCode Premium, the company’s digital literacy and coding curriculum for grades K-8.
“We are thrilled to congratulate South Miami K-8 Center as one of the winners of our first Code-a-Thon and all of the students and teachers across the country who enthusiastically accepted this coding challenge,” said Learning.com CEO Keith Oelrich. “It is vital that today’s students begin to develop coding proficiency and the Code-a-Thon offered a fun way to engage students and teachers with the concepts of coding. We’re excited by the overwhelming response this year’s event received and we look forward to many more to come.”
To participate in Code-a-Thon, schools registered to receive free access to EasyTech and EasyCode Basic. After logging in, students then coded their way through a number of challenges – each with increasing levels of difficulty – earning points for every successfully completed challenge. The school with the highest average number of points per student was chosen as the winner. Throughout the Code-a-Thon, schools used #codeathon2016 on social media to share their progress and interact with other participants.
The Code-a-Thon originated as part of Learning.com’s pledge to support Computer Science for All (CSforAll), President Obama’s call-to-action for more computer science opportunities for all K-12 schools. CSforAll empowers K-12 students to learn computer science and develop the computational thinking skills necessary to spur the transition from consumer to creator in today’s digital economy. The Code-a-Thon was highlighted as an innovative initiative that helps make computer science accessible to all students at the CSforALL Summit hosted by the White House on Sept. 14, 2016.
Through the Florida Regional Consortium Program (FRCP), its partnership with the Florida Department of Education, Learning.com provides digital literacy curriculum, content creation and management platform, as well as teacher training and support to school districts with enrollment of less than 24,000 students, including the districts of Heartland Educational Consortium, The Northeast Florida Educational Consortium and The Panhandle Educational Consortium.
South Miami K-8 Center is located at 6800 SW 60th St, South Miami, FL 33143. If you wish to know more, their phone number is (305) 667-8847.
About Learning.com
Founded in 1999, Learning.com currently partners with one in six school districts and serves five million students nationwide. Learning.com provides K-12 solutions to help students, teachers, and schools excel in a digital world. Districts equip their students with the technology and 21st century skills needed for success on online assessments, college, and the workforce using Learning.com’s digital literacy solutions. Learning.com’s digital content tools help districts build and share custom digital curriculum helping them meet their instructional goals, facilitate personalized learning, and address budget challenges. Through implementation services and professional development, Learning.com serves educators as they integrate technology and digital content into instruction.
