Helping to equip our society
Emeka
Opus Day? Yes you got it! We have gained so much from our society,
we grew because of an amazing society. We are eternally indebted to our
great society. We have been thinking for a long time now on how best to give a token back . We lacked the financial muscle to throw party for out society -:)
However,
we have started off free programming classes (using JavaScript and
Python) at Port-Harcourt Craft center(public school). Port-Harcourt
Craft center is a great school, the kids out there could easily play
around with electronics components. They are building some awesome
stuff. But they are not using computers, not even playing around with
programming languages. Now, we are there to bridge this gap. We want to
expose and equip them with the tools needed to build even more wonderful
systems. With solid computer programming skill, the world will be in
their pocket.
One may ask why are we not starting off with
Arduino ecosystems based on their background, sure that is great
question. But we are of the view that using only Arduino would limit
them. They first need to understand basic programming concepts and
structures. This will help them to be able to solve problems instead of
copy and paste culture. We chose JavaScript because every web browser
supports it. So, nobody spends time downloading and configuring
compilers. And for Python, it is the most beautifull language . Only
next to honey(We can't afford to buy one these days).
We
intend to cover more schools next year(pray for us), and we would be
needing volunteers. If you have 2 hours(every week) and wouldn't mine
to spend it with us, then send us mail.
Teaching is
stimulating , and teaching programming is so exciting. It liberates and
broadens the mind. Lets build a better society, out future starts now!!
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