On Thursday, April 8th, App Challenge winners from across the country sat down with their Members of Congress to record a series of Student – Member Q&As. These Q&A sessions invited App Challenge winners to interview their Members of Congress about their favorite apps, coding knowledge, and need for additional STEM education resources. The Congressional […]
From Wednesday, April 7th to Friday, April 9th, over 1,000 students, educators, and STEM supporters from congressional districts across the country joined dozens of Members of Congress to celebrate the 2020 Congressional App Challenge at #HouseOfCode, the world’s largest student CS celebration and demo day.
The Congressional App Challenge is made possible through a variety of corporate sponsors. While most sponsors are tech companies, a variety of contributions come from organizations that join in our mission of exposing more students to coding. Recently, Jack West, our Congressional Operations Coordinator, sat down with Hansel Lynn, CEO and Founder of theCoderSchool to […]
#HouseOfCode 2021Student Demonstrations – April 9th, 2021Looking for the Student Demonstrations (Western Cohort) at #HouseOfCode? We’ll be publishing the link to the livestream for the session at 6:45 pm ET on April 9th.We’ll post that link on this page, as well as updating bit.ly/HOCDemosWest to redirect right to the event at 6:45 pm. Have questions? […]
#HouseOfCode 2021Student Demonstrations – April 9th, 2021Looking for the Student Demonstrations (Eastern Cohort) at #HouseOfCode? We’ll be publishing the link to the livestream for the session at 4:15 pm ET on April 9th.We’ll post that link on this page, as well as updating bit.ly/HOCDemosEast to redirect right to the event at 4:15 pm. Have questions? […]
Last night, Congress kicked off #HouseOfCode 2021 with a memorable session honoring winners of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge and discussing pressing issues like funding for computer science and STEM education and promoting equity in tech.The kickoff featured remarks from 13 Members of Congress including Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Rep. French Hill, Rep. Anna Eshoo, Rep. Bruce Westerman, Rep. Rodney Davis, Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. John Katko, Rep. Jared […]
#HouseOfCode 2021 Kickoff and Keynotes – April 7th, 2021 Looking for the Kickoff and Keynotes session at #HouseOfCode? We’ll be publishing the link to the livestream for the session at 5:15 pm ET on April 7th. We’ll post that link on this page, as well as updating bit.ly/HOCKickoff to redirect right to the event at […]
Rep. Steve Scalise has named Ryan Mulkey, Tony Rito, and Sheen Wood from Northshore High School as the winners of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge in (LA-01).