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Africa Code Week

Let's help empower #Africa with #coding skills 💻and #digital literacy! 🎓

Participate as a
teacher or coding coach
in a range of fun coding activities this Africa Code Week season.

  #CodingIsFun      #LetsTeachCoding  

What is Africa Code Week?

Africa Code Week is the story of hundreds of schools, teachers, governments, and non-profits getting together to bridge the digital and gender skills gap in Africa.
The goal of Africa Code Week is to empower the young generation by teaching the coding skills they need in order to thrive in the 21st century.

When and where does it take place?

Africa Code Week is a virtual/online event that will take place from
26 Oct - 30 Nov 2022.
You can participate from whichever city/country you are in.

Where can I learn more?

We will be hosting online webinars for teachers and trainers on the below dates:
17th November 2022

How can I take part?

Click on one of the links below to show you the steps you can take:

Teachers - Get started here!

Get started...

One of the benefits of using the CodeJIKA program is that teachers don’t need a technical background to get started.

During the 2022 Africa Code Week Season, CodeJIKA will be offering free teacher workshops that can help existing teachers learn basic coding and how to teach it to their students. 

All you need to do is:

  1. Sign up for a CodeJIKA teacher webinarSign up.
  2. Host a coding intro session in your school | Start now.
    (Teachers will be paid a stipend for each coding intro session).
  3. Fill out this report to get paid for work done.

  4. Join our Teacher Help WhatsApp  Group.

Code Coaches - Let's do this!

Get started...

Host a coding session with 5 teachers in 3 schools and get them to sign up as a teacher on the CodeJIKA website.

Ideally these teachers should be the computer teachers, math teachers, school interns or science teachers.

During your workshop you must:

    1. Start with the “5 min Website” intro training.
    2. Introduce Project 1 (Training 1- 4).
    3. Ask teachers to complete Project 1 and 2 on their own.
    4. Add teachers to the Teacher Help WhatsApp  Group where they will receive further assistance.

Want to learn Coding Offline?

It's soo easy... download these courses to get started

5-Minute-Website

LOVIN IT! DO NOT ASK ME, JUST DO IT!
Awesome
Level: Beginner
1x Trainings
Time: 20 Mins

Project 1

INSTEAD OF WATCHING A MOVIE...
HTML & CSS Basics
Level: Beginner
4x Trainings
Time: 90 Mins

Project 2

MIND BLOWING
Responsive & Forms
Level: Beginner
5x Trainings
Time: 150 Mins

Project 3

YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT
Responsive & Forms
Level: Beginner
6x Trainings
Time: 210 Mins

Don't forget to share this fun day on social media by using the following hashtags:

#AfricaCodeWeek22     #CodeForChange     #CodeJIKA

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