Recap: 2018 Detroit Coding Rebuild Challenge

ROYAL OAK – Detroit public high school students from Cass Technical High School, Osborn High School and Central High School participated in a Coding Technology Challenge on the campus of Wayne State University. Sponsored by AT&T and in partnership with WordPress.com, Rebrand Cities and Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program), the challenge served as a gateway for juniors and seniors to consider technology and web development as a career path.

Featured speakers at the event were WDIV Local 4 News Anchors Rhonda Walker and Evrod Cassimy, proponent of STEAM, John Maeda, WordPress.com Chief Marketing Officer Chris Taylor, Rebrand Cities founder Hajj Flemings and David C. Lewis, president of AT&T Michigan.

Flemings and Bob Jones, External Affairs at AT&T, talk about the 2018 Detroit Coding Rebuild Challenge. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/internet-advisor-755109612/m2-techcast-episode-143-coding-technology-challenge

By Mike Brennan|2018-10-09T20:02:15-04:00October 9th, 2018|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

About the Author: Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.