It is a Tuesday afternoon in Rosemary Harris' Grade 3 class at Hawthorne Elementary in Ladner. Each student is equipped with a laptop or tablet, but instead of being students, they are teachers.
Every student invited a parent, grandparent or Grade 7 buddy to join him or her in class to instruct them on how to computer code.
"You're smarter than your grandma!" exclaimed a grandfather who came with his wife to learn about coding from their granddaughter.
Harris' class is taking part in Hour of Code, a worldwide event aimed at demystifying code by demonstrating that anyone can learn the basics. Harris' students are already computer savvy as they blog every day as a way of connecting their learning with life beyond the classroom.
The students have also been preparing for the Hour of Code by learning the basics of coding in advance.
"I decided to teach my students how to code because I noticed that coding is regularly talked about but not understood. It really is just the function of how electronics work," says Harris. "This is the world our students are living in and we need to teach them from where they are.
