In an everchanging world, we all know too well that innovation is the key to success. More than ever, today teachers need to be up to speed with the latest trends and not fall behind and risk school dropout, boredom and bad behaviour on behalf of students. In the past, it was enough to teach the common subjects such as maths, science, history, and art. Nowadays students need new skills in order to be more employable, more innovative in the workforce, more creative in their ideas, more collaborative with their colleagues. In other words, they need the 21 st century skills. Computer programming is one of these, it’s a fundamental skill for so many different applications, not just software development or cutting-edge research into artificial intelligence. It makes banking more accessible, smooths out supply lines, and creates those fantastic online experiences we love.
Another important skill is “Coding” which encourages you to use logic and
algorithms to create a program. When facing a new challenge, you need to follow
a logical approach to solve the issue. Coding enables you to train your logical ability. How has coding changed our society?
From our IPhones to even our washing machines, coding is in our everyday lives.
Computer programming has been innovating every single industry since the
beginning and has changed our everyday lives. From the creation of the internet
to cars having satellite cameras, to even helping NASA launch rockets.
Why coding is important in the 21st century?
Coding (programming) at an early age is of great importance for raising new
individuals that are equipped with 21st century skills instead of the generations
which have rote-learning based education without questioning and have critical
thinking skills.
How important is coding for the future?
Today, coding is necessary to develop the technologies that have become an
essential part of our daily lives. As a result, several programming languages have
emerged to help software engineers write the various applications we use. While
learning any coding language can be helpful, some stand out from others. In our
course, we show you the most updated apps to use in the classroom whether you
already have some coding knowledge or are just starting to teach it.
How can coding improve the world?
Coding can be used to develop tools for monitoring energy usage and making
adjustments as needed. Coding can create apps and websites that promote

sustainable living practices. Coding can create games and other interactive content
that teaches people about environmental issues.
What are 3 positive ways coding has changed the world?
At the most basic level, coding translates instructions and processes into a
computing language. This allows us to create apps and software, build websites
and online shops, play video games, publish e-books and much more.
Come and discover how to teach your students the basics of coding and
computational thinking, that is, how to think like a computer and be able to invent
video games, your own personal apps, write an algorithm and more. In this
innovative and fun course, we will show you how to introduce coding in a simple way through games, and unplugged activities.

Target group

Usually Maths or Science teachers but the course can be for any kind of teacher interested in developing “computational thinking” through coding.

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As all our programs, the present one is flexible and adaptable to special requests, depending on the subject taught or on the starting level of the participant. 

Furthermore, in line with the JUMP Academy method, our courses are based on a strategic balance between formal and non formal education, indoor and outdoor education and the team takes care of a very important aspect of international mobility which is the intercultural learning which we develop with short excursions and facilitating the interaction with local partners, especially schools of the territory. 

We always try to connect our learners to local teachers and students to cooperate in developing innovation and networking for future projects. If possible, inside the program, a morning is spent inside a local school, visiting, observing and cooperating in the realization of one or more lessons. The proposed program JUMP works, in European dimension and with international spirit, at local level and, according to the period of the training along the year and the weather, it is possible to change some sessions and add visits and meetings, in cooperation with our network of partners including schools involved in European projects).