The Centers for Art, Culture and Tourism, the Technological and Tourist Innovation Center of Lanzarote and the Center for Teachers of Lanzarote, in collaboration with Deloitte and Telefónica, have brought to an end 'The Hour of Code', a global movement promoted by the non-profit association CODE.ORG that promotes the introduction of knowledge in computer programming among the youngest, "something that brings numerous educational benefits and facilitates the increase of capacities when developing skills such as problem solving, creativity and logical thinking".
About thirty students from 4th, 5th and 6th grade of Primary School from different educational centers on the island faced the initiative in three preparatory sessions around games such as Star Wars, Frozen and Flappy Birds, and the final challenge Ecoheroes, Heroes of sustainability, which consisted of dividing them into five mixed teams with the aim of creating their own game putting into practice the knowledge acquired.
It was the 'Polar Patrol' team, formed by Leo Wegner, Hugo Acuña, Marcos Miranda, Aimar Santana, Aimar Callero and Paola Blanco, who won the prize with 'Ice Age', a proposal sensitive to the melting of the polar ice caps.
From the CACT it is highlighted that it is the second time that they support an initiative that has become a global movement in more than 180 countries and that has managed this year to become one of the events highlighted by the organization worldwide among the more than 145,000 sessions organized worldwide in 2019.