Megan Lefers, Lennox Community Library’s Assistant Programming Librarian, has been leading the Coding Club. Lefers stated, “The most popular activities [at Coding Club] are coding different characters to move and talk and playing the games that go along with the lessons.”
In many ways, the Coding Club has been a learning opportunity for both the participants and the librarians. “Learning the teaching materials was [the biggest challenge], because I did not know most of the materials,” said Lefers. “I only knew what I had learned in computer class in school.”
Though there can be a bit of a learning curve, Lefers encouraged other librarians to start their own coding club. “I would tell librarians to start a coding club because the students will benefit from learning how to code on computers now and later in their lives,” she stated. “The students could use what they learn in the coding club in a job one day, for example.”
The Lennox Community Library Coding Club has exciting plans for the new year. Buller shared that the Coding Club received a donation from a teacher of Lego robotics that they hope to experiment with at Coding Club and in the library.
