Enhance your students' engagement in digital literacy, computational thinking, and coding concepts with interactive virtual sessions. The Northern Coding Academy invites Edmonton Teachers to enroll in a week-long series of lessons and challenges designed to cater simultaneously to multiple classes and grades.
Digital Skills Week is structured in two parts:
- Four live virtual sessions, each lasting 45 minutes, conducted on consecutive days by your dedicated Northern Coding Academy instructor.
- Optional additional activities for approximately 3.5 hours that students can complete at their own pace.
The cost is $225 for 4 x 45-minute sessions over four days consecutive days.
Additional classes booked by the same school are $50.00 per class.
Please click 'Learn More' under the program you want to book for your school, then complete the online form provided at the bottom of that page. If you have questions, please email outreach@twose.ca.
Digital Wellness
Recommended for: Grades 7-12
Why do we find it difficult to disconnect from our devices? Does social media affect self-esteem? How do you stay safe online? Students will learn to navigate the internet confidently, get tips on avoiding deception, and embrace a growing library of online tools and digital wellness features.
Dates: October 28-31, 2025
Cost: $225.00 per class for 4 x 45-minute sessions across four consecutive days.
Additional classes from the same school are $50.00 per class.
*Phone recommended, Chromebook acceptable
Storybook Coding
Recommended for: Grade 1-2
How do you use coding to tell stories? What even is code? Students will explore the concepts of “sequencing” and “variables” through both traditional and interactive digital stories, then apply that knowledge to create a story of their own!
Dates: November 18-21, 2025
Cost: $225.00 per class for 4 x 45-minute sessions across four consecutive days.
Additional classes from the same school are $50.00 per class.
*Chromebook or Tablet based activity optional
Game On!
Recommended for: Grades 4-6
How do we create video games? What’s code got to do with it? Students will learn how computational thinking helps us design games—both online and unplugged—then create a game of their own using MakeCode Arcade!
Dates: December 9-12, 2025 and June 2-5, 2026
Cost: $225.00 per class for 4 x 45-minute sessions across four consecutive days.
Additional classes from the same school are $50.00 per class.|
*Requires Chromebooks
Code Sprouts
Recommended for: Grades 1-3
Help your little sprouts grow their coding skills. Students will explore the basics of computational thinking and other coding concepts as they are observed in the natural world. Using an Indigenous lens, students will see what the Medicine Wheel, the changing seasons, and the creatures who live on this land can teach us about thinking like a computer programmer.
Dates: February 3-6, 2026
Cost: $225.00 per class for 4 x 45-minute sessions across four consecutive days.
Additional classes from the same school are $50.00 per class.
*Chromebook or Tablet based activity optional
Creative Coders
Recommended for: Grades 4-6
Where do you use code? Math, science, and.... well, any subject! Students will learn coding concepts then apply them creatively to visual art, poetry, and music. Students will then create a multimedia art project in Scratch to demonstrate what they’ve learned!
Dates: April 21-24, 2026
Cost: $225.00 per class for 4 x 45-minute sessions across four consecutive days.
Additional classes from the same school are $50.00 per class.
*Requires Chromebooks
Hello, Code!
Recommended for: Grades 4-6
Students will explore essential computational thinking concepts! Computational thinking is really just problem solving in a way a computer understands. Breaking a problem into simpler steps, following instructions in order, recognizing when a problem is similar to something familiar. Learn computational thinking while exploring coding, games and activities!
Dates: May 5-8, 2026
Cost: This program is supported through funding from the Government of Canada for eligible schools. The program includes 4 x 45-minute sessions across four consecutive days.
*Requires Chromebook
Cryptic Coders
Recommended for: Grade 2-3
How can you use computational thinking to solve problems? In this program designed especially to meet the outcomes of the new grade 3 computer science curriculum, students will decode messages and crack logic puzzles as they learn all about pattern recognition, decomposition, and algorithms. Become a junior codebreaker and embark on a journey of mind-bending fun!
Dates: To be announced soon!
Cost: $225.00 per class for 4 x 45-minute sessions across four consecutive days.
Additional classes from the same school are $50.00 per class.
Fact Finders
Recommended for: Grades 5-7
What is research? How can we be sure the content we find online is accurate? Students will learn to think critically about the media they consume on platforms like TikTok and on the internet more generally. Learn about bias in the media, copyright laws, and why a graph isn’t always what it seems. This program highlights climate change, health, vaccines, and more.
Dates: To be announced soon!
Cost: $225.00 per class for 4 x 45-minute sessions across four consecutive days.
Additional classes from the same school are $50.00 per class.
*Requires Chromebooks
Media Sleuths
Recommended for: Grades 8-12
What is “fake news”? How about peer review? Can you identify bias in a source? Students will use critical thinking skills to examine the spread of misinformation and evaluate the credibility of online content. Understand how to apply copyright laws and discuss the ethics of copyright with respect to new machine learning technology. Learn about scientific research methods, how statistics can be misleading, and why a graph isn’t always what it seems. This program highlights health, vaccines, artificial intelligence, and more.
Dates: To be announced soon!
Cost: $225.00 per class for 4 x 45-minute sessions across four consecutive days.
Additional classes from the same school are $50.00 per class.
*Requires a Chromebook
Questions?
Please call: 780-451-3344 or visit in person at our Box Office.