LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Students at the Coder School in northwest Las Vegas are learning technology skills through robotics and coding programs designed to prepare them for future careers.
The Silicon Valley-based program helps students develop creativity through hands-on technology education. Students are creating app ideas that could be used in real-world applications.
Andrew Arriola, 12, created Teer Time, a volunteer-hour tracking app designed to make community service engaging for users.
“I was just thinking there was a lot of homeless people around the world, some can’t afford to get food and afford to have a home, or do any that stuff, so I made this app so people can volunteer to help people,” Arriola said.
Arriola plans to submit his project to the Congressional App Challenge, an annual nationwide competition hosted by members of Congress. The competition is designed to inspire middle and high school students to explore STEM fields.
“It is a great way for kids to come up with something creative, something impactful for the community, and make something that could be used as an app in the real world,” Noel Mateo, owner of the Coder School franchise said.
The Coder School offers coding classes and school break camps for children ages 6 to 18. Instructors say the program teaches skills beyond technology.
“What skills they learn in coding in critical thinking, persistence, because if they code, they have to figure out how to get around that the first time, and if they think logically it help them through everything else in the world,” he said.
The program aims to prepare students for a future shaped by artificial intelligence.
“Just like in the industrial revolution, the more your child knows about computer programming technology, the more successful they will be in this AI universe because everything is going to be run by AI and computers,” Danielle Mateo, owner of the Coder School said.
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