Code Savvy

Code Savvy educate: mncodes educator program trained approximately 165 educators and impacted about 5,000 students directly in their classrooms. Monthly cohort sessions gave educators the skills and approach needed to equitably bring computer science directly into their classrooms. Partnered with 10 schools to help them build equity-focused computer science programming and pathways for students throughout their district.

Code Savvy explore: year-round virtual coding clubs clocked 1,394 learning hours for students and over 900 volunteer hours in the 2022 season. These lessons focused mainly on scratch, thunkable, and the python programming language. After 2 years of providing these services and mentoring 100% virtually, in 2023 we will return to in-person programming as well as a virtual option to help meet the needs of our community.

Code Savvy experience: technovationmn program and virtual events helped 129 girls learn design thinking skills and develop mobile applications with the help of 89 mentors from the business community and 51 judges at our appapalooza event. Also kicked off a byte-sized challenge this year, working with two schools to introduce 23 female students to computational thinking skills through the micro:bit. This program will scale up to 4-5 schools in the 2023 season and will include programming for male students to be more inclusive and have greater impact in the community.