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Why Learning to Code Is More Important Than Ever in the Age of AI
August 19, 2024Just as learning to make sense of numbers is important to understanding math or being able to read is essential for literacy, making sense of code is crucial to understanding the logic and structure that underpin the digital tools we use every day. This foundational knowledge helps us navigate and understand the increasingly tech-driven world around us. AI technologies, such as LLMs and chatbots…
The Coding Space Curriculum Deep Dive
August 19, 2024At The Coding Space, our mission is to empower people to tackle challenges independently through learning to code. In doing so, we aim to develop their problem-solving, critical thinking, learning skills, confidence, attitudes, and mindsets. Below are a few key tools and tactics we use to accomplish our mission. The project-based, “learning-by-making” classroom “Learning is most effective when…
Code 4 Change 2024: Protect Our Planet
June 27, 2024We hope you’ll join us in acknowledging and celebrating our coders' hard work and creativity in devising solutions to problems facing our planet. For each submission, The Coding Space made a donation to The Nature Conservancy, supporting the preservation of our natural world.
8 Reasons to Start Coding Young
May 01, 2024In our increasingly digital world, lots of parents want their kids to become computer-literate — and why shouldn’t they? The question is, when should they start learning? According to Harvard, the younger the better. As it turns out, most professional programmers started learning their trade early in life. According to Stack Overflow’s 2020 Developers survey, over 54 percent of professional…
7 Things You Can Do With a Foundation in Code
May 01, 20241. Web developer Web developers create and maintain websites. They might work in a wide variety of industries spanning tech, publishing, management consulting, advertising, or be self employed. Back-end web developers create the website’s structure, write code, and verify the code works, while front-end web developers work on the visual part of the website, designing the layout of each page…
3 Tech-Centric Ways to Promote Sustainability
April 22, 2024We’ve all heard the standard strategies for reducing our carbon footprint — take the bus instead of driving, reduce red meat, shop local, etc. But we often forget about the impact of our tech. The emissions created by our technology may be less obvious to us, but they’re probably more substantial than you think! In 2018, Bitcoin alone used 0.5% of the world’s energy consumption this year, making…