by Julie Lang | May 2, 2017 | After School Programs, Child Development, Primary Education, Robotics, STEAM
If your kids are like many, they have participated, at least briefly, in activities at school that expose them to coding. Hour of Code events are being held in schools all over the world. But, is it enough? According to a Gallup research study, Searching for Computer...
by Julie Lang | Apr 23, 2017 | After School Programs, Child Development, Parent Insights, Primary Education, Robotics, School Holidays, STEAM
Coding for kids, from as young as four, has never been more accessible with clubs and online tutorials that make computer engineering easy to begin, fun to learn, and a social activity. In December, 2015, tens of millions of students, in more than 180 countries,...
by Julie Lang | Apr 16, 2017 | Child Development, Parent Insights, Primary Education, Robotics, STEAM
Computer coding is being touted as a “foundation skill” of the future that this generation of children will need to get jobs. The teaching of digital literacy in the classroom is a global education trend on the rise. The inclusion of “coding”...
by Julie Lang | Mar 31, 2017 | After School Programs, Primary Education, Robotics, STEAM
Girl participants are exceeding the number of boys by 2:1 in an innovative coding program run by a volunteer mum and geotechnical engineer in inner-east Brisbane. Since June 2015, Bulimba State School students have been participating in extra curriculum Coding...
by Julie Lang | Mar 15, 2017 | After School Programs, Child Development, Primary Education, Robotics, STEAM
The future is exciting, and that, of course, means that the jobs of the future also hold exciting possibilities for those who have the skills and knowledge to build and innovate. This is why many advocates in education are emphasising a strong STEM foundation to make...