NetSquared London EdTech event 30.06.15 Dan Elwick - Code Club - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

NetSquared London EdTech event 30.06.15 Dan Elwick - Code Club Regional Coordinator, London

A nationwide network of volunteer-led after school coding clubs for children aged 9-11

What is Code Club?

How does Code Club work?

Volunteer Children

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Code Club Projects

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Venue

Our Aims: why teach children to code?

• Children leave Code Club with the desire and ability to

pursue digital making

• Children leave Code Club with a set of skills that will be

useful to them in their future hobbies, schooling or career

• Programming and computational thinking
• Problem solving
• Communication, collaboration and sharing
• Planning and designing
• Reflecting and improving

What Makes a Good Code Club?

Collaborative

• relationships between peers, kids, teachers and volunteer
• asking questions and finding answers together

Flexible

• no ‘one size fits all’

Fun

• voluntary
• making
• playing

Thank you!

www.codeclub.org.uk