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Code Club
Founded2012 (2012)
Founder
  • Clare Sutcliffe
  • Linda Sandvik
Location
Area served
United Kingdom
Websitecodeclub.org.uk

Code Club is a voluntary initiative in the United Kingdom aimed at teaching children aged 9 to 11 how to code. As of April 2014, 2181 schools and other public venues had established a Code Club programme.[1] Volunteer programmers and software developers give their time to run courses nationwide, passing on their programming skills and mentoring the young students.[2][3] Children create their own computer games, robots and learn how to use technology creatively.[4]

History

Code Club is the brain child of Clare Sutcliffe MBE[5] and Linda Sandvik,[6][7]

we share a belief that it is essential that children are introduced to coding at an early age and shown how much fun it can be.[8]

A viral video featuring Prince Andrew, Martha Lane Fox, Chad Hurley, Niklas Zennström, Brent Hoberman and Tim Berners-Lee was released to promote awareness of the project.[9] The project's aim is to have 25% of UK schools taking part in the programme by the end of 2015.[10]

Technologies

The curriculum teaches children Scratch, HTML & CSS and Python.

References

  1. ^ Olivia Solon (February 6, 2013). "Code Club doubles reach, calls for developers to volunteer". Wired. Conde Nast.
  2. ^ Robert Bisland (2013). "A day in the life of a Code Club volunteer". Sponsor's Blog. Postcode Anywhere.
  3. ^ Angela Davis (2013). "The region's techies help to influence a 'program' for change in the classroom". Sponsor's Blog. Postcode Anywhere.
  4. ^ Guy Mucklow (2013). "Kindergarten Code". Sponsor's Blog. Postcode Anywhere.
  5. ^ The Guardian. "New Year honours 2016: the full list". The Guardian. The Quardian. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  6. ^ "The Founders Forum continues to generate innovative discussion". Wired. Conde Nast. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  7. ^ "Afterschool 'Code Clubs' planned to teach kids programming". Wired. Conde Nast. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  8. ^ "Code Club About". Code Club. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  9. ^ "Code and a have a go if you think you're good enough". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  10. ^ "Programming project comes to primary schools". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
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