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In August, learn to code and win prizes on the platform
July has ended, along with our summer camps and our in-person after-school program, and it’s time to take a few days off for vacation. As every year, our centers will be closed during August, but we remind you that the coding after-school program remains active every day thanks to our online platform. Students can continue to access the platform whenever they want and work at their own pace from home or anywhere in the world, ensuring that everyone keeps their mind active by doing programming exercises. Moreover, since we know that it’s harder to concentrate during your summer holidays, once again we offer you extra motivation to work in August: there will be a monthly ranking and special points that can only be earned during this month, granting access to exclusive prizes.
2024 Summer Chess League
As every year, throughout the month of July, we will celebrate a special activity both in the centers and on the Codelearn online platform. This time we have organized a Summer Chess League to have fun playing chess and take advantage of all the benefits this game offers, such as exercising and developing mental skills like logic and reasoning, problem-solving, memory, and concentration.
Codelearn Special Weeks: Virtual Reality
From May 20 to 24, our centers have been celebrating the last theme week of this school year, which was dedicated to virtual reality. Codelearn students have had the opportunity to learn more about this technology, experience it through the use of specific applications and devices, and apply their new knowledge by participating in complementary classroom activities.
Tips for taking your first steps in programming
Although more and more people are aware of the importance of learning to program, there are still many who are intimidated by this new challenge. It’s true that the world of programming is vast, so the first thing you need to keep in mind is to take it step by step. Just like learning any foreign language requires acquiring a certain level of vocabulary and understanding its grammar, programming also requires a similar approach.
Karel Challenge 2024: Be the Fastest Programmer!
Karel Challenge is an eSport that tests speed, strategy, and correctness when programming. The aim of this competition is to spread programming among the younger generation in a fun and exciting way. It is an open competition to everyone, so all Codelearn students who have completed Chapter 2 of Karel can participate, but also anyone who wants to try to overcome this challenge and have fun programming, even if they are not students of any center. The game consists of controlling a small virtual robot called Karel and guiding it through different scenarios where it must overcome obstacles, collect objects, complete the map’s objective, and reach the exit before the rival robots.