The Girls & Boys Coding Academy is created byCodeCougars team consisting of UH Faculty from the College of Education, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, ITECH-STEM and UH STEM Center.
The main purpose of this innovative program is to promote/teach computer science (CS) topics especially coding to girls and boys in Middle and High School.
The Girls Coding Academy teaches the following subjects:
- Coding with Scratch
- Introduction to Python Programming Language
- Web Development/HTML/CSS
- Game Development
Girls and Boys Coding Academy is sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute at University of Houston and hosted by UH STEM Center and Department of Curriculum & Instruction at College of Education at University of Houston.
Community Partners:
- UH-STEM Center
- Department of Curriculum and Instruction (CUIN)
- Teacher Education Program
- ITECH-STEM, and CodeCougars (STEM Curriculum),
- DISTCO (Digital Storytelling Curriculum, Workshops, and Challenges)
- Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS Program (Outreach to underserved population),
- ACES Institute at COE (Reaching out to 3rd Ward students),
- Local school districts: (Recruitment)
- Faculty from Learning Design and Technology program at COE (Program Development)
- TEACH Houston (Recruitment)
- Computer Science Department at NSM (Undergraduate and STEM Experts).
