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April 16, 2020Albany Can Code Helps P-TECH Students Learn Coding From Home
They may be sitting in their living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms, but that does not stop freshmen and sophomores in an innovative regional high school from learning a language that will give them a tech advantage in the future.
Students in the Capital Region BOCES Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program West Campus at Mohonasen are learning coding from Albany Can Code through virtual lessons offered each week.
The latest session on Wednesday saw Albany Can Code’s Stacy Bressette guide students through the understanding the working code for an algorithm in Python, a code-authoring program. Students then created accounts and actually launched a game using the code they worked on.
The lessons launched last week with students writing the algorithm code for the a game called Rock, Paper, Scissors.
“It was a good session that I believe we be able to build on going forward,” said P-TECH teacher Eric Bersch.
The cutting-edge, four- to six-year P-TECH program (grades 9-12 and two years of college) prepares students for future careers in the field of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through hands-on, project based learning. Depending on their interests, students will study at one of two Capital Region sites beginning their freshman year and remain there for the duration of the program.
It also provides students with an opportunity to earn a FREE associates degree.
Offered to students throughout the region through a consortium that includes Capital Region BOCES, the Capital Region Chamber, Hudson Valley Community College and SUNY Schenectady County Community College, P-TECH offers a distinct pathway that leads to an associate’s degree from a neighboring college in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or Cybersecurity.
Students from Mohonasen, Guilderland, Cobleskill-Richmondville, Schalmont, Niskayuna and beyond attend the program’s Mohonasen campus.
