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There’s\u00a0no formal teaching of computer coding to students in Ontario. There are a few people trying to change that.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Blurb” title=”Chapter 4: The Costs of Coding” url_new_window=”on” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/code\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/ChrisandKid.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off” url=”http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/code\/chapter-4-costs-coding\/”]<\/p>\n
Does every child need to code? Is it even possible given the current education climate?<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Blurb” title=”Chapter 2: B.C.’s Decision” url_new_window=”on” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/code\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/ChristyClark-6.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off” url=”http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/code\/chapter-2-bcs-decision\/”]<\/p>\n
In early 2016, Premier Christy Clark announced that computer coding would be taught in B.C. schools. It was a polarizing decision.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Blurb” title=”Chapter 5: For Whom does the Bell Toll? ” url_new_window=”on” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/code\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/IMG_9295.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off” url=”http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/code\/chapter-5-bell-toll\/”]<\/p>\n
What coding education will look like in the future is still up for debate, with little to no indication from the government as to how the $50 million in federal money put aside for coding will be used.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Blurb” title=”Chapter 3: Implementing Coding in B.C.” url_new_window=”on” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/code\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/Girl-1.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off” url=”http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/mrp\/code\/chapter-3-implementing-coding-b-c\/”]<\/p>\n
The premier likes to say that B.C. is the first North American jurisdiction to have coding in every classroom.<\/p>\n
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You’re not the only one confused by some of the terms in here.<\/p>\n
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