At the Durham Catholic District School Board, we recognize the importance of global competency skills and the many benefits that coding provides students for problem-solving, thinking critically and logically. Learning to code with block base programs (such as using Scratch and other robotics) open doors to computer science. Furthermore, it builds a foundation for secondary education to learn text base code languages such as Java and Python!
Watch the video below to learn more about why we want to engage students in learning code: