Chester Barrows students showcase programming skills

Posted 4/11/18

This past Saturday, the Blended and Personalized Learning Conference (BPLC18) hosted a thousand educators at the Providence Convention Center to explore technology integration into instruction. As part of the conference, student work in technology was

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Chester Barrows students showcase programming skills

CODING MASTER: Barrows 4th grader Jamir shines with coding confidence, with coding educator Shane Thomas and his teacher Jill Robbins.

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PROUD TEACHER: 5th grader Corey and 4th grader Sara at the Blended Learning Conference with their coding facilitator/coach Jill Robbins, 4th grade Barrows teacher.

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Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2018 7:06 pm

Chester Barrows teacher Jill Robbins and four Barrows students proudly represented their school demonstrating their skills and expertise in Scratch coding. Robbins had partnered with Shane Thomas, co-founder of LearnCreateBuild Academy to bring Scratch programming instruction to Barrows in the form of after school classes. The students’ ease and facilitation with programming concepts impressed and inspired the conference attendees, many of whom traveled from all over the country to attend.