By Erin Duffy, World-Herald
In a tucked-away classroom at an Omaha library, groups of third- through fifth-graders are dreaming up their version of the perfect sundae. On Post-it notes, they draw pictures of bananas, chocolate sauce and sprinkles. But this isn’t snack time or art class — it’s coding, unplugged. The kids, who make up the inaugural class at the Omaha Virtual School, are learning about algorithms, a series of steps that solve a problem. Algorithms are the building blocks of computer programming.
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