Hour of Code 2018 activities announced for Computer Science Education Week

The Hour of Code activities for 2018 have been announced, with an invitation to everyone from the ages of 4 to 104 around the world to celebrate #CSEdWeek Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-9, 2018) with just one Hour of Code! This year, you’re invited to explore a brand new activity from Code.org and Microsoft: Minecraft Voyage Aquatic!

Press Release: Governor Mapp’s Strong Advocacy for Computer Science Education Week and viNGN’s Hour of Code Event

Hour of Code students at Central SDA PCC on St. Croix

Gov. Kenneth E. Mapp has honored Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 5-11, 2016) with an official territorial proclamation. This year 159,233 Hour of Code events are to be held worldwide; several public, private and parochial schools have registered Hour of Code activities in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

On Thursday, December, 8, 2016, nearly 20 students from elementary to high school ages worked gleefully to complete their exercises during the Virgin Islands Next Generation Network’s (viNGN’s) 4th annual Hour of Code event hosted by the Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church Public Computer Center (PCC) on St. Croix.