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The rise of coding: How one rural district is changing with the times

When second-graders come in to Bryce Jacobson’s media classroom for their 25-minute coding lessons, they know the drill. After briefly touching base, they disperse across the library — crawling into bookshelf cubbies or sprawling out on the floor — and log into their coding program on their iPads.

Seated at a table, Kendall Malin, 8, begins sequencing arrows and commands to guide an animated bee through a garden. Once she passes this level, she will have written more than 100 lines of code.

"It’s really fun," she said, offering a tutorial on the levels she’s already completed.

But it’s more than a game. She’s learning to program, she explained, noting it’s useful "if you want to be someone who works on computers."

By Erin Hinrichs

Full Story: https://www.minnpost.com/education/2016/02/rise-coding-how-one-rural-district-changing-times

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