WOW! GREAT TEACHERS ARE CODERS, GREATER TEACHERS ARE SCRATCHERS

WOW! GREAT TEACHERS ARE CODERS, GREATER TEACHERS ARE SCRATCHERS

Train the Trainer Coding Workshop in preparation for Africa Code Week

 "1,2,3 We are Scratchers" like small kids, they shouted with excitement. These teachers attended the Train the Trainer Workshop organised by Mpumalanga ICT Club on the 25 August 2017 at Vodacom ICT Club in eMalahleni.

"Wow! Great teachers are Coders, Greater teachers are Scratchers" tweeted Ms Nomusa Keninda - the Mpumalanga ICT Club Founder and the Facilitator of the Coding workshops in Mpumalanga.

Coding is a basic computer science programming. This time they were using Scratch language to code and teachers loved it. The workshop was in preparation for Africa Code Week.
Arguably, Africa Code Week is the first initiative of its kind, targeting more than 500,000 young Africans aged 8 to 24 across 35 countries into Coding on the 18-25 October 2017.

Its simple ... Coding is a new language, every child deserves to be fluent. "I am excited to host these fantastic workshops for teachers for free" smiled Keninda. My greatest and significant goal is to involve everybody, young and old. Mpumalanga must buzz with coding during the Africa Code Week and your support is welcomed. My million ZAR goes to Ms. Julie Cleverdon from Cape Town Science Centre for supporting the workshop. Thank you.

Ms. Mathandi Mokumo(front), Mbali Ngubeni(middle) and Nomzamo Makhotha

The club has also trained two Grade 10 girls from Patriot High School as Pro – Scratchers: Nomzamo Makhotha and Mbali Ngubeni. 

Teachers are therefore invited to embrace this opportunity and host Coding events in their schools as requested during the training workshop. More workshops in the month of September are being planned, lookout for adverts on the Mpumalanga ICT Club facebook page.