RoboThink Sussex offers online coding classes
RoboThink Sussex owner Aliaksandra Hare opened her business in January, offering what she thought was a great after-school activity for children, elementary-school age and up. Then the COVID-19 pandemic shut just about everything down, with children confined to their homes for the foreseeable future.
To keep children engaged, she pivoted her business online, and she will begin offering classes online Saturday, April 25, focusing on teaching science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.
Hare said RoboThink Sussex’s coding curriculum adapts easily to a virtual classroom platform, allowing children to learn hands-on under guided instruction.
RoboThink also uses Master Engineer guides to teach students how to collaborate remotely.
Classes currently available include: intro to coding, video game coding and design, and intro to Python. Each program will last four weeks and costs $79.
As RoboThink continues to build out its platform, more classes and workshops will be available.
When Hare opened RoboThink Sussex earlier this year, she said, the goal was to provide a fun and educational activity to introduce children to the world of science, technology, engineering and math. She hopes it prepares children for a possible career in the STEM field.
Making sure children have fun is important, she said.
“When learning associates with fun, we get children who want to learn more and more,” she said in January. “That’s the whole idea.”
Hare likens RoboThink Sussex to a martial arts class, where children become more adept the longer they stick with it.
“Just like anything else, you’re not going to be a pro at something if you’re only there for a little bit,” she said. “We encourage kids to stay with us as long as possible so they get to the point where they don’t need to be in class anymore, and everything is easy for them.”
RoboThink was founded in Illinois in 2016. It’s turned into a global company with locations throughout the United States and several around the world.
To learn more about RoboThink Sussex, go to www.robothinksussex.com or email sussex@myrobothink.com.
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