Pathlight Orange Walk
Our first full day in Belize is off to a strong start!
From 8:30-9:00, we welcomed students and presented certificates honoring their successful completion of the coding club.
Thereafter, from 9:00-9:30, we held a panel discussion in which participants could ask MSU student mentors questions about pursuing higher education, pursuing a career in computing, and anything else on their mind.
From 9:30-10:30, we intoduced participants to the BBC micro:bit, a miniature programmable computer capable of making animated light shows and sounds! Unlike the programs we wrote in our virtual club, the programs we wrote for micro:bits highlighted the deep connection between software and tangible, physical hardware!
To conclude the session, from 10:30-11:00 we invited participants, mentors, and parents alike to socialize and snack in an informal reception. Students received well-deserved t-shirts commemorating their particpation in the program.
Participants were thrilled to finally meet the mentors they'd been working with throughout the program in-person; and mentors were likewise thrilled to finally meet their participants.
CTV3 News made an appearance to cover our coding club and in-person meetup. Check out the news segment below!
It's been a heck of a day already and it isn't even noon yet!
- Andrew