More than 25 volunteers from the N.C. Department of Information Technology joined forces with corporate partner Accenture and nine other state entities to teach an Hour of Code to 8,000 middle school students in 40 schools in Columbus, Durham, Mecklenburg and Wake counties Dec. 4-8 in conjunction with Computer Science Education Week.
Organized by code.org, Hour of Code is a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, demystify "code" and broaden participation in the field by showing that everyone can learn the basics. This year’s lesson introduced machine learning and artificial intelligence to increase student awareness of these technologies and help inspire them to consider a future career in the computer science field.
In addition to hosting in-person sessions at 14 middle schools in Durham and Wake counties, NCDIT also piloted a virtual Hour of Code with students in Columbus County schools. Click on the photo below to view additional photos from the week on Flickr.
