Code.org® has a vision- That every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science. Led by founder and CEO Hadi Partovi, and launched in 2013, Code.org is working to make coding and computational thinking accessible across the world for students and for teachers.
I had the chance to visit the Code.org offices – located just two blocks from Seattle’s Pike Place Market – this past week and talk with Jon Lanthier, who is Code.org’s Marketing and Communications Manager. Jon spoke with great excitement of the reach of their work, pointing to impressive numbers, with over six million students participating and 15,000 teachers trained as of 2015.
I loved the collaborative learning and working environment of the code.org office space, There were no traditional walls to be seen, but instead collaborative meeting spaces, standing and sitting desks, wide open spaces, and plenty of comfortable work areas.
Looking forward to working with code.org’s new coding curriculum.