Anthony Middle School teacher receives grant to teach Python coding

EL PASO, Texas - Anthony Independent School District students in middle and high school are learning the popular and innovative computer programming language, Python, thanks to a grant received by Anthony Middle School Science Teacher and Robotics Sponsor Priscilla Terrazas. The annual award is given to computer science teachers with distinct ideas to improve teaching and learning in the classroom.

Python coding is a multipurpose computer language often used to build websites and software, conduct data analysis, create visualization, and can be used in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

The grant is worth $1000 dollars and allows Ms. Terrazas to purchase access to the digital tools to introduce her students to Python. Terrazas attended summer training to familiarize herself with Python and is now using the software in her classroom to program Lego Robotics. 

Terrazas says the goal is to use Python coding on the robots created by students. Python is a fast-growing programming language due to its time-saving approach with fewer lines of code needed to achieve a goal.