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What are some daunting challenges to make the schools ready for coding?
Coding is a powerful tool that helps children become confident problem solvers and fosters creativity. Introducing coding as a part of formal schooling at a young age prepares kids for a digital future and equips them with the necessary 21st-century skills. However, as schools get ready to integrate coding into their curriculum, they face many
Coding as a school subject: What does NEP 2020 say about coding?
On an everyday basis, we are surrounded by electronic devices which run on a code of some kind. The modern world is becoming heavily reliant on the internet with each passing day, leading to an increase in the requirement for a computer literate workforce. Coding is now being considered as important as learning English or
Building a digital future: Why is it important to teach coding to children?
The primary role of an educational system is to teach children to become responsible and productive citizens of society. Starting from the kindergarten level, children learn the ‘building blocks’ of knowledge in the form of reading, writing, and simple math and logical problems. As we progress into the era of the fourth industrial revolution, there
A sneak peek into the CEL Kids Hackathon 2019
Five years back, I started teaching coding in low income resource schools seeing the amount of thinking and creativity it builds in kids besides learn a language relevant to this century which can help them create technology based solutions. 10 of my students got a chance to present in front of a team from Apple
Things I shared at TECH 2018 at UNSECO MGIEP
It was wonderful sharing with audience at TECH (Transforming Education Conference for Humanity) 2018 at UNSECO MGIEP on 17 November 2018. This blog is just to share a gist of what I presented at the conference. I hope you enjoy reading it. I think creation is an important aspect
What a post graduate in computer science has to talk about the coding session?
I have done my masters in Computer Science and I personally love to develop new things in computer through coding. When I read about Code to Enhance Learning, I instantly got connected by the idea and can’t resist myself from contacting them. I went to one of the center near Lal Darwaja, Ahmedabad last Saturday.
Shalini shares her experience about first visit to the coding class!
We invite people in class to observe and be part of the class to learn coding. We urge people to share their experience of being a part of the class so that we can capture the experience, publish it on the blog and give hundreds of people a chance to be part of the experience.
First Closing Ceremony at our Computing Centre
On 17 May 2018, we had our first Closing Ceremony of the very first workshop to give kids an opportunity to showcase their learning to others, spread awareness about coding and start building a community to support coding for all kids. I am writing this mail to share the joy and happiness from the ceremony and
Teacher's Experience with coding on Scratch
On 04 April 2018, I was very excited to meet few of the teachers to discuss about the year in the end of year conversation from a low income all girls school where the Code to Enhance Learning program had an intervention. I was ready with all my questions that I had to ask to