Tekkie Uni for Business

Amazon

The model: Two weeks of coding classes

The outcome of the workshop: Learn scratch or app development, create a project and soft skill development

Tekkie Uni for Business partnered with Amazon France to support kids at home during the 2020 lockdown. Tekkie Uni offered two coding camps: Scratch coding camp for kids aged 8 and 9 and an app development camp for kids aged 10 – 13. Both courses required two weeks of commitment from kids, and both allowed kids to learn in the safety of their own homes. Amazon France fully supported tuition.

Student lesson feedback rating: 9.4 / 10

Parental course recommendation: 9.1 / 10

Contribution to student motivation to study computer science: 9.1 / 10

Intel, Microsoft, and IBM

The model: a jam-packed 5-day 8 hours per day program with 25 elementary school kids (on average aged 10 – 13)

The outcome of the workshop: teach the kids the basics of coding and ensure soft skill development

Now, even hardened educational professionals might say this was a tall order, but when you have a fantastic team of instructors, it’s incredible to see what happens. Our instructors know that kids learn best when playing and having fun.

On day one, the kids meet each other for the first time. Most of them don’t know anything about coding or inventing something new. Four days later, you have a team that has created a unique app-based game. On the workshop’s final day, children presented their final projects in groups. The presentation put their soft skills to the test. We guide kids to show how to prepare a presentation, but when they showcase their work to their parents, we sit back and observe. The kids run the show! To see children working together with peers, they’ve never met and tell us about their app after only four days of learning is incredible! The energy and enthusiasm that each group showed were enriching.

Amdocs

The model: Seven months of weekly online meetings (1.5-hour sessions) with high schoolers aged 14 and 15. We had approximately 20 students (mostly girls) from the Arabic community in Israel.

The outcome of the workshop: Learn how to build an app, express, and develop ideas and strengthen their confidence.

Amdocs partnered with an Arabic school with kids from underprivileged areas. Amdocs wanted to uplift and develop these kids who would not necessarily have the means or tools to learn to code. One of the most significant changes our instructors saw was how children’s confidence improved. Kids who would not speak at the beginning of the course interacted with their classmates and instructor. Everyone became keen to present and share ideas. Ultimately, they became a group of confident children who were happy to work and learn.