Network to Host Computer Science Coding Marathon

The Network is pleased to announce today the first annual Computer Science Coding Marathon to celebrate Computer Science Education Week. Mimicking the number of miles in a marathon, students will engage in 26.2 hours of curated computer science activities that encourage problem solving using foundational CS practices, such as abstraction, debugging, algorithms, decomposition, and pattern recognition. The Coding Marathon will include both plugged and unplugged activities and can be completed at home, in school, or as a component of a hybrid learning model. Students will have three weeks to complete and log the required hours.

“Since adopting statewide computer science standards in 2018, Tennessee continues to lead the charge for innovative CS instruction,” said Brandi Stroecker, Director of the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network. “Through the Computer Science Coding Marathon, we seek to engage students in a variety of computer science activities that teach the foundational concepts of computational thinking and prepare them for the high tech STEM jobs of the future."

The Coding Marathon will begin on November 23rd and run through December 11. The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network will be hosting webinars the week of November 16th to connect educators with coding resources. Students will log their time using an online portal and are encouraged to share their work on social media using #TNCodes2020. Educators and students can register to participate at tsin.org/CodingMarathon.