At CodeREV Kids, we understand the potential coding occupations hold for many young people in the United States. The Boston Globe explores this in a recent article titled “Unsexy but tech-forward industries offer hope to middle class.”
Dante Ramos of the Boston Globe writes, “Today, the advanced industries now growing in Massachusetts differ significantly in the amount of education they require, and a four-year college degree may not be the only route into them. Many concepts in electrical and mechanical engineering are equally useful to MIT students and to participants in employer- or union-backed training. What’s vital is that students at all levels learn skills that are transferable across fields. An inevitable objection — especially in the Athens of America — is that there’s more to education than mere job training. But we didn’t always treat the latter as a distraction from the former. Bluestone, who grew up in Detroit, recalls taking wood shop, machine shop, and industrial drawing in high school. Today, some technical skills, such as coding and data analysis, have broad application. Students who learn them can engage more thoughtfully with the world around them, whether they end up in graduate school or behind the controls of high-end machines on a factory floor.”
With this understanding, people are using whatever resources they can to inspire an interest in coding. This includes a Sponge Bob coding game. Stuart Dredge of The Guardian looks at this in a recent article titled “Nickelodeon hopes SpongeBob SquarePants will get kids coding.” Dredge writes, “Another television brand has joined the kids’ coding bandwagon, with Nickelodeon UK’s launch of a website called Code-It that aims to teach programming skills to 6-12 year-olds. The site uses various characters from the network’s shows, including SpongeBob SquarePants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to help children learn and practise various coding tasks.”
When it comes to making sure coding education is its most effective, nothing is more effective than having experienced teachers working beside your child. At CodeREV Kids, we provide the after-school programs and summer camps to give your child the coding skills to succeed in today’s workforce.
Our students learn Computational Thinking, which encompasses a wide range of programming concepts and languages. CodeREV Kids’ Lessons build upon one another, and we adjust starting points to each student’s level of expertise. By doing this, the entire curriculum is customized. We consider ourselves one of the most educational coding program out there, but we also focus on having fun.
Whatever youth coding education needs you might have, you can’t go wrong with CodeREV Kids!
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