INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Apple announced today an expansion of its program designed to get more students coding
The company says it has redesigned the &Everyone Can Code& curriculum with a focus on introducing more elementary and middle school students
to coding, while also adding more resources for teachers, a new student guide, and refreshed Swift Coding Club materials
It also adding thousands of free coding sessions at Apple Stores in December, to celebrate Computer Science Education Week.
The updated
curriculum is meant to make coding more approachable, Apple explains, by offering activities that are more closely connected to the
It also includes a new guide to Swift Playgrounds called Everyone Can Code Puzzles, where students can experiment with concepts and apply
their understanding across over 40 hours of activities.
The guide comes with a teacher companion, which includes the solutions, assessment
strategies, accessibility resources, and more.
The curriculum is also now optimized for VoiceOver, includes closed-captioned videos, and
videos in American Sign Language.
In another expansion, Apple has integrated its Everyone Can Create project guides into the new
Launched last year on Apple Books, Everyone Can Create has served to get teachers to integrate things like drawing, music, filmmaking and
photography into their classroom, by way of Apple technology.
Related this news, Apple says it increasing the number of Today at Apple
coding sessions from December 1 through 15, 2019 in order to celebrate Computer Science Education Week.
The free, interactive sessions are
meant to inspire young coders with block-based coding using robots, while more advanced coders use Swift Playgrounds to learn coding
concepts or to code an AR project.
Some stores will also offer preschool-aged coding sessions in the new Coding Lab with Helpsters, the
little monsters who star in the new Apple TV+ show, from the makers of Sesame Street
Other sessions will involve Apple Distinguished Educators, Apple Entrepreneur Camp innovators, developers, and artists
ADevelop in Swift curriculum will continue to be available for high school and college students, Apple noted.
And for the seventh
consecutive year, Apple will support the Hour of Code with a new Hour of Code Facilitator Guide that will help teachers and parents host
sessions using Swift Playgrounds.
