GC-4 Joined Schools across the Nation in Hour of Code Event

Belvidere Elementary School students will join kids worldwide to participate in the Hour of Code. It’s a two-hour event to get kids involved in computer science and teach them how video games work.  Its objective is to get kids excited about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers.

In one week last year, 15 million students tried computer science! Computer science was on homepages of Google, MSN, Yahoo! and Disney. President Obama, Shakira and Ashton Kutcher all kicked off the Hour of Code with videos.

Over 100 partners came together to support this movement. Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. Girls and minorities are severely underrepresented. Good news is, we’re on our way to change this. Now the Hour of Code movement is aiming to reach 100 million students.