Vidcode Story

Vidcode is a women-owned social impact business. The Vidcode curriculum is educator-built and aligned by design to K-12 CS standards.

Vidcode started when three women met at a Hackathon in New York City with a shared passion for getting more girls into STEM fields. Each found her path to computer science through non-traditional pathways, including fine art, design, and math. They teamed up with a shared mission to build a rigorous and creative online coding platform that appeals as strongly to teen girls as boys.

Today, Vidcode is a popular coding curriculum for K-12 schools and libraries - providing standards-aligned creative coding courses to institutions launching or expanding their computer programming offerings. Vidcode serves millions of students globally and leverages a research-backed media computation curriculum that teaches JavaScript through rigorous and visual projects such as memes, data visualizations, and augmented reality.

Vidcode is partnered with WestEd to study the computer science learning outcomes of our curriculum. Results show a statistical increase in foundational computer science learning outcomes from the first ten activities on Vidcode compared to business as usual classroom using Lego and Scratch. Vidcode is funded by investors such as Y Combinator and through grants from the Federal Department of Education IES Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR)

Vidcode works with 250 schools nationwide helping teachers of all backgrounds implement engaging computer science courses for kids. We also lead in person and virtual professional development for hundreds of teachers a year. Our professional development session are highly rated for collaboration and inclusivity. Our goal is to teach 10 million girls to code by 2025 and we’re halfway there thanks to our incredible partners and educator community!

Our team is made up of educators, artists and programmers. Our curriculum is custom built by award-winning educators who craft every metaphor, project idea and learning moment with diversity in mind. Our online coding environment is highly unique in the way we leverage multimedia and K12 computer science education. We love to hear that our curriculum is something that kids look forward to all semester. Reach out to [email protected] with any questions, feedback or inquires. We’d love to hear from you!