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Presented by Sammy Lowdermilk, Program Director of TN Code Academy and 100 Girls of Code. Please visit http://www.tncodeacademy.com/
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- 5. education is not limited to a school
- 10. fun & engaging digital literacy problem solving & logic creativity collaboration
- 17. females mentoring females comfortable, fun environment self-awareness confidence
- 19. curriculum instructor handbook student handbooks swag press kits teacher training
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- LTN – PROGRAM STARTED BY GOV – 9 BUSINESS ACCELERATORS – PROGRAM OF COOKEVILLE ACCELERATOR STARTED TNCA IN 2013 TO DEVELOP TECH TALENT – ADULT BUT ENDED UP DOING YOUTH
- NARRATIVE BEGINNING NATIONWIDE
- I KNOW, RIGHT?! DIGITAL AGE – WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY –WE'RE NOT TEACHING THESES SKILLS
- Education is not limited to a school Education is the community's responsibility. So we decided to fulfill our obligation.
- Late 2013 – 2 events 2014 – 30 events 500 students attending
- Curriculum - Project based learning. Education by creation.
- FUN – NOT FEEL LIKE SCHOOL DIG LIT- USE TECHNOLOGY TO THEIR LEARNING ADVANTAGE- RESOURCES AVAILABLE PROBLEM SOLVING- PROGRAMMING INSTILLS THESE SKILLS THAT CAN BE USED ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS & FIELDS CREATIVITY – INDIVIDUALIZE PROJECTS ACC TO INTERESTS COLLABORATION – TEAM ACTIVITIES – TEAMWORK – PROJECT MGMT
- LAUNCH GOC TO GET MORE GIRLS AT OUR EVENTS NOT AN ISSUE EXCLUSIVE TO US NATIONWIDE ISSUE
- SET OUT ON A TOUR OF TN – 5 WEEKS ONE-DAY FREE WORKSHOPS – GOAL OF 100 HAD OVER 200 PARTICIPATE
- YEA!
- OPENING CHAPTERS 11 SINCE JANUARY DOUBLE THAT IN NEXT 4 TO 6 WEEKS GIVE ONE-DAY CURRICULUM FOR FREE TEACHER TRAINING 100 GIRLS IN A YEAR
- Adult women teaching young women how to code in a comfortable, fun and engaging environment, where it is less about the programming content learned and more about the self-awareness and confidence gained.
- LICENSING CODE CAMPS & AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
- School School
- Home School
- Students are coming into college with a different idea about what classrooms are, what education is
- Partnership with Montana Tech and CodeHS – Online learning for juniors and seniors – college credit
- CoderDojo is a global network of free, volunteer-led, independent, community based programming clubs for young people. These young people, between 7 and 17, learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and explore technology in an informal and creative environment.
- t iD Tech, we offer summer day camps and overnight camps for kids (ages 6-12) and teens (ages 13-18). Co-ed programs include iD Tech Camps for ages 7-17, iD Tech Academies for teens ages 13-18, and iD Tech Mini for ages 6-9. Students may register for one or several sessions. You’ll find us at the most distinguished campuses including Stanford, UCLA, Princeton, and MIT. Each iD Tech location boasts hand-selected staff, a unique campus experience, and stimulating course curriculum delivered in small clusters of 8 students per instructor.
- Charter school in Nashville for MIddle School aged students – curriculum focuses on computer programming
- Minecraft lesson plans for the classroom
- Resources outside the classroom – Kano – Computer kit in a box – powered by a raspberry pie – build and code yourself
- Snap together modules that allow you to create a wide variety of electronic creations
- Programmable Lego Robots
- Play-i robots for younger students – control robots with a simple app
- Hopscotch – app geared to elementary aged students
- in many ways – changing how students learn – changing the demand for students to change what they learn because of the job market
- To fill such an increased job demand, Code Schools, Hack Schools, Developer Boot camps are popping up all across America According to Course Report, "A start-up that reviews accelerated learning programs, in 2013 there were 33 organizations offering full-time courses. That jumped to 43 schools in 2014 with 5,987 graduates, a 175 percent increase over the prior year."
- TechHire aims to infuse $100 million into communities who develop or use these new accelerated programs
- Now universities and colleges are adjusting their model
- Code schools are not competition....yet... Average age of code/hack school attendees is a 29 year old male who already holds a bachelor degree – looking for a quick career change Adjusting to the job market – pursuing their interests
- Everyone has their place, their role, their niche – serving most every aspect & demographic of our community I think we should seek to embrace it and create a community among all providers Helps to get a better understanding of all programs and possibly collaborate to help the community
- Different people fit into different things – we as educators have to help students find the right fit