Chen Yuanchun is a teacher at rural(乡村的) primary school in Cangyuan, Yunnan Province. The 44- year - old woman teaches Chinese, but she is very interested in computer technology. She has introduced coding （编程） to her students as an important information technology skill.
Chen's connection to coding began in November, 2018. She became one of the first teachers in Cangyuan to take training courses on coding. The training was challenging for a beginner like Chen, She needed to learn how to tell a machine to perform actions and finish tasks through different orders, She worked very hard because she believed this skill would be useful for her students.
After the training, Chen started a new group in her school to teach the students coding, but some parents opposed her plan. They didn't understand what coding was and thought Chen was teaching their children to play video games on the computer.
So, Chen could only teach students of her own class at first. For teens, coding does not include writing difficult coding languages. Instead, Chen taught them how to create interesting animations (动画片) and games.
After only one term, every student was able to create something through coding. Learning coding also helped them become more creative and improved their problem - solving skills. Soon, coding classes became popular in schools all over Cangyuan. Some students even won prizes in a national competition last year.
" I will work harder and hope these children in mountain areas will have a better future by learning information technology ," Chen said.
