Students learning code as part of computer science week
Teachers in the Living Sky School Division are integrating coding into games and classroom activities for kids as young as Grade 1 as a way to change up problem-solving.
Superintendent Jim Shevchuk said it comes as no surprise to adults how quickly kids catch on to using technology, and students are solving problems in more creative ways than ever before.
“I think we need to really celebrate that and I think if we can move away from the more traditional ways of solving problems to these new ways of solving problems, that’s what we’re really going to need in the future,” he said. “They’re doing things in a revolutionary, adaptive sort of way, and I think that’s what makes it so exciting, whether it’s Grade 1 or Grade 12.”
Shevchuk said he’s amazed by what teachers are doing to integrate computer science into everyday classes and engaging students by using what interests them in popular culture.