ACM Student Chapter brings the globally coordinated "Hour of Code" to Imperial

This event was run as part of Computer Science Education Week, and attracted over 2 million participants worldwide.

Imperial College London ACM Student Chapter has brought one of  the largest education events ever to Imperial. The Hour of Code at Imperial took place on Wednesday 11th December with over 50 participants taking part . Participants were among over 2 million already planning to try one Hour of Code during Dec. 9-15 worldwide. This movement, organised by Code.org and supported by Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and over 100 others, is a statement that today’s generation of students are ready to learn critical skills for 21st century success.

For further details of the Hour of Code event, please visit http://acm.doc.ic.ac.uk/events/hour-of-code and csedweek.org

The Hour of Code is a globally coordinated event, part of Computer Science Education Week. The goal of this exciting event is to introduce more than 10 million students of all ages to the basics of coding, making it fun and accessible, with self-guided activities that every participant, regardless of age or skill level, can use to try out the essentials of computer science. It includes a variety of tutorials featuring technology leaders like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.

About Imperial College London ACM Student Chapter

Imperial College London ACM Student Chapter is the first ACM student Chapter in the United Kingdom, run by PhD students. The aim of the Chapter is to create a strong student research community in the Department of Computing as well as other Computing departments across Europe. All research students, especially those interested in professional activities, are encouraged to actively participate in attending activities and events organised by the Chapter.

About Code.org

Code.org is a non-profit organisation dedicated to extending computer science education. It's vision is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer programming. They believe computer science should be part of the core curriculum, alongside science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. For more information, please visit: www.code.org.