ICS students participate in Africa Code Week
This year the first ever Africa Code Week was conducted across the continent, aiming to get children started with computational thinking, programming, and using computers as devices to build software, not just use it. Thousands of children in over a dozen countries had the opportunity to start programming. ICS...
Africa Code Week & the value of learning programming
The first week in October has been designated Africa Code Week, with a push in several countries across the continent to get children building their own programs. There are a few initiatives in Ethiopia, and ICS is joining in. We’re sponsoring a few events next Saturday (10 October) to...
A sweet start to the year
The first day of classes is a problem for a computer-based course such as Developing Computer Applications. The temptation is to try to dive into working with computers, but the students haven’t received their laptops yet. (I’ve yet to figure out a system where we could just hand them...