Queen views ‘Road2Code’ programme as part of ‘Hour of Code’ activities

Home Culture & Society Queen views ‘Road2Code’ programme as part of ‘Hour of Code’ activities 10-10-2022 10:43 AM Ammon News - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited on Sunday Al Jandaweel Secondary School for Girls, where she witnessed first-hand Road2Code, a digital skills programme developed by nonprofit organisations INJAZ and the US-based Code.org. The Queen took part in an activity held under the "Hour of Code" initiative, a global ed-tech initiative aimed at acquainting students with programming and teaching them coding concepts. Created by Code.org, Hour of Code serves tens of millions of students in some 180 countries. Code.org has so far created over 500 one-hour tutorials in over 45 languages. In a meeting, INJAZ CEO Deema Bibi briefed Queen Rania about the Road2Code programme, which deploys innovative ways to enhance students’ programming skills and equip them with digital skills. The Queen attended a training session for teachers conducted by Code.org Founder and CEO Hadi Partovi on the basics of coding and the use of specialised educational resources to facilitate student access to coding-related learning opportunities, where she talked to teachers who shared their experiences with Code.org. Her Majesty joined a group of 8th-grade students for a lesson on coding principles conducted in Arabic and created by Code.org in collaboration with Edraak to teach students the basics of computer science, internet safe use practices and game and mobile app building and design. Her Majesty met with entrepreneurs supported by INJAZ’s incubator, mySTARTUP, to hear about the importance of building digital competencies and coding skills.

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Queen views ‘Road2Code’ programme as part of ‘Hour of Code’ activities

10-10-2022 10:43 AM

Ammon News - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited on Sunday Al Jandaweel Secondary School for Girls, where she witnessed first-hand Road2Code, a digital skills programme developed by nonprofit organisations INJAZ and the US-based Code.org.

The Queen took part in an activity held under the "Hour of Code" initiative, a global ed-tech initiative aimed at acquainting students with programming and teaching them coding concepts.

Created by Code.org, Hour of Code serves tens of millions of students in some 180 countries. Code.org has so far created over 500 one-hour tutorials in over 45 languages.

In a meeting, INJAZ CEO Deema Bibi briefed Queen Rania about the Road2Code programme, which deploys innovative ways to enhance students’ programming skills and equip them with digital skills.

The Queen attended a training session for teachers conducted by Code.org Founder and CEO Hadi Partovi on the basics of coding and the use of specialised educational resources to facilitate student access to coding-related learning opportunities, where she talked to teachers who shared their experiences with Code.org.

Her Majesty joined a group of 8th-grade students for a lesson on coding principles conducted in Arabic and created by Code.org in collaboration with Edraak to teach students the basics of computer science, internet safe use practices and game and mobile app building and design.

Her Majesty met with entrepreneurs supported by INJAZ’s incubator, mySTARTUP, to hear about the importance of building digital competencies and coding skills.

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