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“Code Like a Girl” comes to St. Thomas August 7-12, 2017
(Official release) Come learn to code through this project-based, week-long camp! Learn about coding and cyber-security, and hear from industry professionals / university professors! Code Like a Girl will be hosted at All Saints School Monday through Friday, August 7-11, 2017 from 8:00am-12:00pm, with a banquet on Saturday, August 12, 2017 from 6:30pm-9:30pm. Advertisements
Video: Actor Terry Crews explains how learning to build a PC made him a better dad
Watch this amazing video by actor and athlete Terry Crews on the day he decided to teach himself about computers to get closer to his son. (via BusinessInsider.com)
#ScratchDay with Y-Teens at St. Andrews Public Computer Center (via Twitter)
Y-TeensVI Girls Cyber Saturdays. Learning scratch@usviywca pic.twitter.com/hbTswURKfW — Donnalie EdwardCabey (@EDonnalie) May 13, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Read more about Scratch Day here!
8 STEM grants awarded to USVI Public Schools by CFVI
Public schools throughout the territory are set to benefit from the awarding of close to $35,000 in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) grants by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI)! Educators were required to submit proposals that would enhance students’ learning and grow their talents through projects that offered hands-on experience in a wide … Continue reading
2016 Hour of Code to feature Disney’s “Moana”
Official Release Today Code.org and Disney revealed a new Hour of Code tutorial featuring characters from the upcoming Disney animated film Moana. We are thrilled to be able to offer this activity to you as you prepare to do an Hour of Code with your classrooms between December 5-11 to celebrate Computer Science Education Week—and … Continue reading
Press Release: 2016 UVI #HackFest Winners Announced
Fifteen teams and over 40 University of the Virgin Islands students participated in HackFest 2016. Participants generated prototype phone apps in 24-hour marathon problem-solving sessions on Sept. 9 and 10, on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix and on Sept. 16 and 17, on the St. Thomas Campus.
DIGITAL LEARNING DAY 2018
Learn Something New Today!
Meet viNGN President and Chief Executive Officer H. Mark McGibbon, Ph.D. & D.B.A.
