Coding is an essential skill
Coding is the Future
What are coding and programming?
Computers talk. Not like how humans talk, though. They don’t communicate through words or facial expressions but rather through a code. All computers “speak” in the same language, called binary. And as the name suggests, the language only consists of two “words”–0 and 1, representing low and high voltages respectively. This means that human input is converted into just two types of electric signals. Computers process these messages and give us the required output. This process is called coding.
While binary code is fast and efficient to run, it’s difficult for most people to learn and use. Of course, computers can’t learn human languages either. So we use programming languages, like HTML, Javascript, Python and C++, are use as intermediates. The languages mentioned are just some of the 700 that exist. However, most people are only knowledgeable in just one or two. Programming languages can be object-oriented, meaning they focus on using and reusing data. They can also be functional, meaning that they’re based on mathematical functions.
Different web languages are used for different purposes and in different fields. CSS and HTML, for example, are only used to design web pages. Python is a versatile and intuitive object-oriented language and is a great place to start when learning to code. Java and JavaScript are similar to Python in this regard. C and C++ are a bit more advanced but still easy to use. We have used them to create a wide variety of applications across many platforms, like mobile games and operating systems.
Kids getting hands-on experience
Why should kids learn to code?
When female mathematician Ada Lovelace developed the first coding language in 1843, computers didn’t even exist. Fast forward 180 years and computers run the world. Computers transfer data from one edge of the globe to another within seconds. Computers have allowed us to put men on the moon and even create Artificial Intelligence(AI), and their relevance is only growing by the day. According to the US Bureau of Statistics, programming will be one of the fastest-growing jobs in the next decade, with a majority of these jobs being outside the IT industry. So it’s quite obvious that kids should learn programming and coding.
Not only does learning to code prepare kids for the future, but it also teaches them a plethora of important skills. Programming teaches children problem-solving and creativity. Due to the hands-on nature of programming, kids learn to experiment and find creative solutions to problems. It trains them to not give up when faced with a challenge, but rather to think around it.
Math and coding are inseparable, and children who code often develop excellent maths skills. They learn to organize, analyze and calculate data and this can make maths more fun for them. The math skills they learn can, in turn, be applied in other fields like physics or engineering.
Coding can also nurture computational thinking(CT) in young minds. CT is a critical thinking framework that allows for problems to be easily identified and broken down. It also promotes abstract thinking and is flexible to many disciplines.
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LearnOBots is the best way to teach your kids coding
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Our STEAM Camps provide a myriad of courses and an immersive environment to learn to code. Children at the camps are also able to interact with robots and 3D printing to get hands-on experience and implement what they’ve learnt through real-life projects. Registrations for our 2022 Camps are open right now!
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LearnOSteam is also a service provided by LearnOBots. It’s an online, all-in-one STEAM learning platform for kids which offers a comprehensive, activity-based curriculum so that kids never get bored. It teaches kids to create code and then experiment with their creations.
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