Girls work in small teams to help each other, decide on a shared solution and solve problems
collaborative learning
Use catchy, fun text to tell people what you offer.
Engineering Design Process
EDP approach is encouraged among girls during the problem solving tasks, so that they learn to think like engineers.
We encourage the girls to be innovators and risk takers. We believe that there are no failures, only solutions that are "more or less" effective.
Safe learning environment
We are totally open to getting feedback from the girls to learn what interests them. We will also track their interest level periodically to gauge their level of interest.
tracking interest and open feedback
Online coding and computer literacy classes designed for girls (7-16 years old)
Our youngest students start with block based programming with emphasis on developing foundational programming concepts and problem solving skills. We use Scratch's block-based programming platform to introduce the girls to the world of coding. They will develop the love for coding by creating animated stories, interactive games and sharing them with their friends and family.
A product of MIT media lab, Scratch is designed specifically for children to help them develop 21st century learning skills: thinking creatively, communicating clearly, analysing systematically, collaborating effectively, designing iteratively, and learning continuously. Scratch turns kids from media consumers into media producers, enabling them to create their own digital products.
This course takes 16 sessions to complete.
Concepts explored:
Getting started
Event handlers
drawing sprites and backgrounds
x-y coordinates
Angles and directions
Sequence
Loops
Text to speech feature
Skills Acquired: Computational thinking, Logical reasoning, Creative expression, Problem solving
