Description: Teaching children kids computer programming coding in the Collingwood, Stayner, Wasaga Beach and Georgian Triangle area. Greg Moneypenny provides classes for children who wish to learn coding.
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Coding inspires Creativity. Students become content creators. Instead of simply consuming other people's content, students become empowered to unleash their imaginations and express themselves through games, animation and of course, code. Kids have so much fun learning to code games, stories and animation that they don't realize that they are actually learning and absorbing multiple concepts.
Prolonged involvement in Coding increases Critical / Analytical Thinking. Students learn to design for specific outcomes. They plan, organize and prepare their digital concepts and must remove obstacles to make their creations work properly. Through Coding, students expand their problem solving skills, sharpen their focus and learn to apply critical thinking to each barrier they encounter.
Students collaborate and work together Across peer groups, students work side by side while exploring the world of coding. They share both their successes as well as their failures. Together they learn that computer programs almost never work perfectly the first time and through the process of collaborative debugging, students build resilience and learn to accept friendly but constructive criticism that eventually helps them achieve their goals.