We spoke with Aryan, a teen GCSE student based in London, who attended Fire Tech’s brand new GCSE Computer Science Bootcamp. Aryan loves everything to do with computer science and gaming and found himself wanting to learn more to support his passion outside of school. Continue reading as he shares his experience with over six […]
Tag: Teen Coding
Much like reading, improving your child’s coding and tech skills need to be supported as part of everyday education and learning. The best position to be in is where your child has the motivation and excitement to work on projects independently, but how do we reach this point? In this blog post, we break down […]
Cognizant Outreach and Fire Tech are on a mission to empower young people with technology and inspire them to explore careers in STEM. This February we’ve joined forces to run a series of FREE workshops on exciting tech topics for students aged 12-15. Free on-demand tech workshops for teens All sessions are independent of one […]
We are thrilled to announce that we have launched a GCSE Computer Science Bootcamp. We’ve condensed the most important learning from the OCR Computer Science GCSE into a 6 week intensive course. This course covers both papers and learners will receive extra resources and content to work on in between sessions. What is the bootcamp? […]
Computers are everywhere, changing every industry on the planet. This week is a global movement by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org to teach students about coding and computer science. The event takes place during Computer Science Education Week, which is December 6-12th this year. It’s an opportunity for every child to learn how the […]
This week, we caught up with Filippo, a young Fire Tech UK-based camper, who attended our Python with Minecraft week-long online course during the October half term. Continue reading as he answers our questions about his experience with Fire Tech. What did you create/make/build/code during your week at Fire Tech? We learnt all the basics […]
Python is one of the most popular languages in both industry, research, and many other creative fields and is an incredibly fantastic and easy language to get started with! Python is taught at GCSE, A-Level, and at University, so learning Python early on will give your child a head start academically and to support future […]
Recently, we caught up with Priya, a first year Computer Science student at the University of Exeter who attended a Fire Tech course as a teen. Alongside her studies, Priya now supports Fire Tech in delivering in-person camps and online courses to young people across the UK. Continue reading as she answers our questions about […]
Java programming, sound familiar? I am sure many of you would have heard of Java, especially if you’re working in the tech, banking or gaming sectors. Java is used globally and is the coding language that powers Android phones and platforms such as Minecraft, Airbnb and Uber. It’s easy to learn and is taught throughout […]
Computers are everywhere, changing every industry on the planet. The Hour of Code is a global movement by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org to teach students about coding and computer science. The event takes place during Computer Science Education Week, which is December 7-13th this year. It’s an opportunity for every child to learn how […]
Coding is part of the discipline of Computer Science which itself is defined by the term ‘Computational Thinking’. Seymor Papert, the renowned mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, wrote in his seminal book Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas (1980) that computational thinking is a ‘mode of thought’. It is a thinking discipline which, Papert claimed, […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) defines an area of computing where intelligent machines think, work and react like humans. Machine learning is a subset of AI and defines intelligent machines which also learn. In machine learning, human programmers create and control the context and parameters of an initial algorithm which is designed to recognise patterns from huge […]
In the past, eager parents wanted their children to become accountants, doctors and lawyers. Today, you are just as likely to hear parents talking about their kids becoming software developers, computer scientists and technology entrepreneurs. Here are our top eight reasons for encouraging your child to learn to code. Develops Confidence and Independence One of […]
We asked Dave Ames, one of our curriculum developers to answer a question we get a lot – how does our Teen Coding with Python course dovetail with the GCSEs? Here’s what he had to say: All of the GCSE Computer Science Specifications require the student to complete a substantial programming project (15-20 hours) solving […]
Johannes, our Python tutor, explains why. Coding is a hot topic. Last summer break our Python course was hugely popular as many kids are showing the desire to learn this programming language. Here’s what you need to know about our Python course. What’s Python and how is it used? Python is a high-level interpreted programming language. […]
“Most of us lived this through the interface. But, in the midst of all this easy-to-use technology, somehow we lost touch with the fact that someone has to build it all. And the kids have become consumers, sitting slack-jawed and motionless above the wrists for hours, killing baddies but never knowing the thrill of summoning the code-driven genies themselves. So how can we halt this decline? It’s simple – let’s get young people excited about coding.”
Wondering about the benefits of learning to programme and write computer code? See the article I wrote for Jump! Mag about why kids should be coding! Image credit: Jump! Mag
A great video from Code.org about some of the today’s most familiar faces and what coding has meant to them.
