Apple Introduces Free Coding Education Program for Students
Apple will offer new resources to open thousands of free Hour of Code sessions at its Apple store facilities across the globe to impart coding education to students. The program will be known as 'Everyone Can Code Programme'.
Apple, San Fransico will launch Hour of Code Sessions at its Apple store facilities across the globe to impart code education to students. The new programme will offer new resources for the students.
The Cupertino - California-based company informed that customers could register themselves for coding education. The program will be known as 'Everyone Can Code Programme'. The programme will be available at the Apple Store locations from 1st December 2018.
According to the reports, Kids Hour sessions will help children between the age group of 6 to 12 to explore coding with robots. Whereas students aged 12 and above can be a part of Swift Playground sessions and Ipad to learn coding concepts. These sessions are a part of Apple’s several initiatives to help more and more people learn coding skills.
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Apple is also encouraging teachers to be a part of their Computer Science Education Week. It is an educational campaign which will be held in December 2018. The event focuses on imparting knowledge about computer science and coding.
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Meanwhile, Apple has also created a new hour of Code Facilitator Guide. The guide will help teachers to conduct classes by using iPad apps and Swift playgrounds. For coding education outside of the classroom, Apple's has come up with a Swift Coding Club kit. This kit will give teachers, students and club mentors the tools required for starting their own coding clubs.