Summer school was the hit for parents back in the 90s. It was the easier option, as kids would go on road trips, play with new children, and get the chance to work on their “cahier de vacances” (summer assignments).
It is still the best summer activity for kids, but in todays’ world and its many demands, more courses have been added to benefit the kids’ minds.
Coding and robotics have made waves all over the news in the past couple of years, with many tech schools stabilizing their position on the map, especially in Lebanon. If you’re wondering how could this niche, complicated field be of any use or interest to your kids, well then read on to have your answer.
As everything nowadays is becoming robotized and infused with chips and motherboards, it is essential to raise a generation of tech-oriented youngsters who will design and control the world around them. By learning how to code, kids will have all computers at their demand.
“Coding is the art of telling a computer how to perform complex tasks. Once you know how to code, you can create virtual worlds within the computer where the only limit on what is possible is your imagination,” Dr Dan Crow, chief technology officer of Songkick, visiting professor of computer science at Leeds University and adviser to the Year of Code, wrote in The Guardian.
With the astonishing increase of robots being used in the most basic of things, like house appliances, to the most advanced, self-driving cars or Saudi citizen Sophia the Robot, you wouldn’t want your kid to miss out on the chance of participating in this change. The job market is already on the lookout for robotics and coding instructors, as many governments like the U.K. are working on implementing these two courses at schools.
Other than having higher chances in the future to find good jobs, it is important to realize where the world is headed. Even if not all parents understand how technology works, teaching kids how to think critically and computationally will help them solve all kinds of problems. “Computational thinking teaches you how to tackle large problems by breaking them down into a sequence of smaller, more manageable problems,” Dr. Crow explained.
Robots will soon enough be integrated in all fields, like medicine, biology, music, engineering, culinary, and much more. By allowing your kids to attend coding and robotics classes, you are gifting them the golden skills of tomorrow.
