Durango, Colo., May 16, 2018 – Think Network Technologies (Think) partnered with Mountain Middle School to sponsor materials for two week-long computer programming education sessions, “intersessions”, the week of May 7-11, 2018.
Think’s intersessions partnership with Mountain Middle School stemmed from a previous partnership in December 2017 to execute the Hour of Code. The Hour of Code is a global educational event designed to demystify “code”, to show that anyone can learn code, and to broaden kids’ interest in computer science. As a result of Think’s support in December, Mountain Middle was able to provide its students with Sphero robots and Raspberry Pi single-board computers that can be re-used for additional educational projects in the future.
“As a technology company and as members of the community, we at Think feel a responsibility to motivate and enable children to learn STEM because it helps nurture problem-solving skills, logic and creativity. We are excited about this learning opportunity for the Mountain Middle School students, but more importantly that the students are excited about learning technology. We believe that small efforts like ours can have big impacts. Going forward we hope even more schools will catch on and provide STEM education resources,” said Melissa Glick, CEO of Think.
STEM education is a national issue. There is a disconnect between the number of STEM jobs available and the number of STEM-educated candidates. Currently there are over 520,000 open computing jobs in the United States, but less than 50,000 computer science students graduated into the workforce in 2017 – the issue is getting worse every year. Computer science graduates enjoy the second-highest starting salary and the highest full-time employment rate (76%) within six months of graduation, yet there aren’t enough qualified candidates to fill open positions.
Think Network Technologies is an award-winning, full-service IT company based in Durango, Colo. and servicing the Four Corners, providing managed services, premise and cloud solutions, integrated communications, and IT consulting for businesses. For more information on the Hour of Code, click here. For coverage from The Durango Herald, click here.
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