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We are competing in the Wonder League Coding competition by coding Dash and Dot Robots to solve real world problems in science and math. We want to field 6 teams this year, and each team needs a Dash and Dot Robot to program. We are leveraging existing tech in our school, a few hand-me-down tablets, and free online training resources to learn how to computer code in Javascript using Blockly in preparation for the international, online competition. Learning to code can reduce the inequality gap for students of color, girls, and second language learners. These are our students. Coding in elementary school will give these kids a marketable skill that is adaptable to whatever comes next. By the time these kids get to college, they will have been coding for 7 to 10 years! Coding is also learning how to think in a new way, about science and math but also what is possible. Because the world is changing so much, teaching a skill that is adaptable and enabling is monumentally beneficial to these students. Learning how to code will improve their school and home lives immensely by exposing them to technology their parents and older relatives have never seen. Learning to code also elevates our students from mere consumers to producers and creators. Creating and producing is empowering but also one of the highest levels of thinking. Computer coding unlocks doors, making the impossible possible.

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We are competing in the Wonder League Coding competition by coding Dash and Dot Robots to solve real world problems in science and math. We want to field 6 teams this year, and each team needs a Dash and Dot Robot to program. We are leveraging existing tech in our school, a few hand-me-down tablets, and free online training resources to learn how to computer code in Javascript using Blockly in preparation for the international, online competition. Learning to code can reduce the inequality gap for students of color, girls, and second language learners. These are our students. Coding in elementary school will give these kids a marketable skill that is adaptable to whatever comes next. By the time these kids get to college, they will have been coding for 7 to 10 years! Coding is also learning how to think in a new way, about science and math but also what is possible. Because the world is changing so much, teaching a skill that is adaptable and enabling is monumentally beneficial to these students. Learning how to code will improve their school and home lives immensely by exposing them to technology their parents and older relatives have never seen. Learning to code also elevates our students from mere consumers to producers and creators. Creating and producing is empowering but also one of the highest levels of thinking. Computer coding unlocks doors, making the impossible possible.

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