Think your kids are too young to learn to code? Think again. Coding (also called programming or developing) is telling a computer, app, phone or website what you want it to do. Some educators and experts are calling it the ‘new literacy’—a subject so important that every child needs to know the basics to excel in… Read More Kids Can Code. Here’s Why They Should Start!
There are many exciting discoveries happening at the University of Waterloo. Waterloo is known as Canada’s most innovative universities, greatly due to the brilliant ideas their community members bring to reality. The combination of curiosity and rigorous inquiry leads to the makings of the next greatest invention or furthering the knowledge of the way things… Read More How Waterloo is Saving the World with Robotics
Our campers this past week, got to go on a special field trip to the Apple Store, where they got to learn more about Apple products and different app capabilities! Campers got to learn about the clips app where they used it to create illusion videos, inspired by Zach King, a filmmaker and YouTube personality… Read More Summer Camp Highlights: Week 7, Featuring Apple Store Field Trip!
Meet Alexander— he is a computer science student at the University of Toronto with almost 2 years of teaching experience! He has also interned at DevOps where he has gained first-hand experience of software development in this industry! Learn more about Alex below: Tell us about yourself! My name is Alexander Ursu! I study computer… Read More Meet Alex, Instructor
Our mobile app development camp teaches your child how to build their own Android app! Equipped with a tool created by MIT that uses drag and drop components, it enables your child to make a fully functional app that integrates with the phone’s sensors. Campers will walk away with their own app that you can… Read More Summer Camp Highlights: Week 6, Featuring Mobile App Development!
Unsure which technology your child is most interested in? With Kidzwhiz Variety Camps, campers will get hands-on introductions to a different technology everyday, like coding, robotics, and game development. This is your child’s best portal into the world of technology, where they can find new interests and develop passions! Check out what our campers did… Read More Summer Camp Highlights: Week 5, Featuring Variety Camp!
Every great animated film begins with a great story. Our animation camp guided children through the creative storytelling process and taught them the technical fundamentals of computer animation. Our campers created their own mini films and cartoons that they were proud to share with family and friends! Campers learned different animation concepts and various types… Read More Summer Camp Highlights: Week 4, Featuring Animation Camp!
Robotics is the best gateway for young students to start learning technology. Campers built several different projects including science exploration robots, satellites, flood gates, and various animal robots, using LEGO WeDo, EV3 Mindstorms, and Ozobot. After mastering the building fundamentals, campers learned coding basics to make their robot move and react intelligently to its surroundings.… Read More Summer Camp Highlights: Week 3, Featuring Robotics Camp!
Your child’s creativity flourishes in our Game Development camp! Our campers learned how to make fun, graphical video games on either the iPad or the computer. They created stories, designed characters and game mechanics, and made their games from scratch! Our instructors taught many gaming concepts along the way to help campers make their games… Read More Summer Camp Highlight: Week 2, Featuring Game Development Camp!
Coding is a life skill that’s crucial for the future of work. Our coding camp gives your child a head start. Our campers learned the fundamentals of coding and practiced applications with fun projects! Python Our campers learned variables and if statements, developing problem-solving skills useful for all programming languages along the way. Throughout the… Read More Summer Camp Highlight: Week 1, Featuring Coding Camp!
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