CodeNow Teaching Inner-City Teens How to Code and Program
Technology has become imperative in children’s education today. CodeNow, a non-profit organization that provides free computer science education to inner-city youth recognizes that.
CodeNow is a Washington, D.C. based program that targets high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 to low-income students, as well as girls and other minority groups that are underrepresented in the areas of technology and computer science.
Students are given coursework and projects and learn various skills like how to build animation and video games. After completing a weekend of training, they are eligible to attend a four-day “tech boot camp,” where in a 40 hour time period will learn the building blocks they need to know to start programming.
There are also plans to set up an “alumni” network, which will create mentoring opportunities, hackathon events, and internship possibilities.
CodeNow is in the process of recruiting students for two more weekend events in November and December. All students participating in the weekend trainings will be invited to CodeNow’s 4-day tech boot camp in Washington between December 27th and 30th and will receive a free netbook.
Founded in February 2010, CodeNow plans to expand to four more U.S. cities and create a toolkit of best practices in the hopes to go national in the next year.
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