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In Clay County 27,625 students participated in the Hour of Code ™! This was possible through partnerships and collaborative planning that took place in the district. Leaders were empowered, and those leaders empowered their teachers to find creative solutions, as described in the stories told in the narrative.
There were also unintended outcomes that came from this effort. Just as founder of Code.org, Hadi Partovi, anticipated, “ if we give kids the opportunity to code, they will be interested and want to learn more. ” And that is exactly what happened in Clay County. As a result of the Hour of Code ™ , new programs and schedule
modifications have been made to allow students to have more opportunity to code. Schools are opening computer labs in the school before and after school so that students can come in and code. Some schools have implemented time for coding every week. Others are making computers available for early finishers to jump on and code. Schools are asking for more training in the media centers and materials to assure that all students have additional capacity to have hands - on, rich experiences. Middle school and high school science teachers are learning to infuse Microsoft Hacking STEM curriculum into their lessons and are taking training, side by side with school media specialists so that the media centers can develop coding experiences in the media centers to extend the work in the science classrooms, and to infuse informational text on science topics aligned to the content and careers supporting this learning. True interdisciplinary collaborations are developing across the schools and across the district. 17
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