Computer Science Opportunities, Development, and Education in Rural Schools (CODERS)

What Is CODERS and How Did it Begin?

CODERS, which stands for Computer-Science Opportunities, Development, and Education in Rural Schools, is an educational outreach program aimed at providing under-served schools opportunities to engage students in coding, computational thinking, physics, and more. While concurrently developing a deeper understanding of core curriculum like math, reading, and writing. To better ready students for a developing age of new technology.

CODERS started at Missouri State in 2020 from a conversation between Dr. Keri Franklin and Dr. Dave Cornelison. Both were working in educational outreach—Dr. Franklin in writing and Dr. Cornelison in physics. Eventually, they assembled a team of world-class educators across the university to plan the CODERS Project and write a proposal for an Education, Innovation, and Research (EIR) grant through the U.S. Department of Education. The CODERS team was awarded a $4 million EIR Early Phase grant in 2021. We are currently working to secure another grant that will be awarded in 2025.

On this site, you can keep up to date with CODERS updates on the Announcements tab, keep track of CODERS dates in the Schedules tab, engage with videos, resources, and see what students have done with coding on CODERS for Everyone in the Resources tab. Where both students and teachers can learn to code, get a deeper understanding of computers, and understand the application of coding, and to find simple, narrative-based lesson modules, or important information only for teachers, check out CODERS for Teachers in the Resources tab.

Getting Started for Teachers:

Teachers interested in participating in the CODERS grant can visit the CODERS Information Module to learn more about the program and how to get started.

Announcements

In the CODERS announcements page, you can find out about any news, updates, or reminders relating to CODERS.

We are excited to announce that The CODERS website is now updated to a smooth, easy to use, and expandable design. On top of this, the website is now geared for both students and teachers. In the future, we will publish more educational resources on the Resources for Everyone page to help both students and teachers understand CODERS subjects. Teachers, please begin to tell students of this website so they can use what this website offers.
CODERS June 2024 Newsletter

Schedule

The CODERS schedule is where you can find all the important CODERS dates in chronological order. These dates are either due dates or event dates. Some Event dates may have a link where you can find out times, information, and resources used for that specific event. Make sure to check here frequently to keep yourself up to date!

Dates in CODERS for Everyone also is important to teachers.
Events that do not yet have a link for more information will be labeled with the [No Link] tag.