#readytocode

Governor Mifflin School District's Libraries Ready to Code project tested a district-wide collaborative model with middle and high school student engineers to create an authentic learning experience using Cornell University's Project FeederWatch.

An important focus for the Libraries Ready to Code community is to empower youth who may have fewer opportunities or exposure to coding activities; connecting with the National Center for Women & Information Technology's AspireIT program is one way libraries are reaching more young girls.

On the heels of the release of our beta #ReadytoCode Collection, the Project team and Ready to Code library cohort are switching from concept development to fine-tuning the Collection for a final launch this fall.

2016 was an awesome year for Libraries Ready to Code and understanding how libraries help youth learn coding and develop computational thinking skills.

Belmar Elementary School Library Media Specialist Danielle Arnold describes how her Ready to Code library incorporated student mentoring as part of their school's first-ever computer science club.

The curriculum includes more than 100 hours of lessons that can be used in a library or classroom, independently or in a group.