This year’s 2017 International Back-To-School Code-a-thon provided students the opportunity to engage with their peers in an immersive experiential learning program.  Many students experienced for the very first time what coding is about, learning to work with other students in a coding project for the first time, and alumni students from last year had the opportunity to share their knowledge as a mentor for the first time.  Many first‘s that shaped their thinking to explore, create, and solve problems on a global scale. Learning to collaborate within their teams and learning the value of cross-collaboration with teams from around the world.