Join Microsoft for an engaging session with a panel of computer science educators who guided the development of Visual Studio Code for Education - a free online computer science education platform that provides integrated curriculum and a sandbox coding environment for everyone. Through our discussion, you’ll hear about how this powerful learning tool, optimized for education, was directly informed by their teaching, learning, and student experiences.

With our long history of supporting K-12+ CS education through products like Microsoft MakeCode and TEALS, we will share insights from our 18-month collaboration with CS educators where we focused on more deeply understanding the evolution of future-ready skills and the needs in CS classrooms. Based on these insights, we’ll share how VS Code for Education addresses these challenges and creates opportunities for educators and students learning to code.

You will also learn about how to access and apply our free curricula including ready-to-use lessons, activities, and assessments for both an Introduction to Python and an Introduction to Web Development (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) course.