NetSquared London EdTech event 30.06.15 Dan Elwick - Code Club Regional Coordinator, London
What is Code Club? A nationwide network of volunteer-led after school coding clubs for children aged 9-11
How does Code Club work? + + + = Children Code Club Volunteer Venue Projects
Our Aims: why teach children to code? • Children leave Code Club with the desire and ability to pursue digital making • Children leave Code Club with a set of skills that will be useful to them in their future hobbies, schooling or career • Programming and computational thinking • Problem solving • Communication, collaboration and sharing • Planning and designing • Reflecting and improving
What Makes a Good Code Club? Collaborative • relationships between peers, kids, teachers and volunteer • asking questions and finding answers together Flexible • no ‘one size fits all’ Fun • voluntary • making • playing
Thank you! www.codeclub.org.uk
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