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BUILDING CODES FOR THE FUTURE
"Each year we help students from all over the UK transform from consumers into creators of technology"
corporate partners and experts, geting hands-on experience in the world of tech and business. Our aim is to build a generation of problem solvers and digital makers, ensuring young people have the confidence and skills to succeed in the 21st century, and the fellows programme will be an important part of how we achieve this mission.” The students involved in the pilot
took part in a number of activities, representing Apps for Good at Skoll World Forum, entering competitions such as Wired Next Generation and taking part in user testing for Tech Will Save Us and Plotr. This year’s cohort will take part in design teams working on the future of the fellows programme, join Apps for Good’s team of bloggers and vloggers and get work experience with partners including the Guardian, YouthNet and Ogilvy.
More than three-quarters (78%) of parents of secondary school pupils surveyed online want to have online access to what their child is learning in school so they can help with homework, according to a new YouGov survey commissioned by online learning platform Firefly. The online research also found that
the overwhelming majority of secondary parents surveyed (71%) were in favour of having more communication with their child’s school through digital channels, while the majority of parents of secondary school children that expressed a preference agreed they would rather get updates on their child’s progress through a digital platform than talking to the teachers on the phone or face to face (56% agreed vs 44% disagreed). The report found that 71% of
secondary school parents want to have more contact with their child’s school through digital channels. More than three-quarters (78%)
of secondary school parents want to have online access to what their
child is learning in school so they can help with homework. Two-thirds (66%) of parents want
to be able to help their children more with their homework, and 55% would like to get reports on their child’s progress on at least a monthly basis. “Parents want to get more involved
with their child’s education but are frustrated by the lack of access they have to the curriculum and materials necessary for them to be able to help with things like homework,” said Firefly co-founder Simon Hay. “The results of our survey also suggest
that as well as atending parents’ evenings twice a term, parents want to be able to get information about how their child is doing at school on demand.” Firefly co-founder Joe Mathewson
added: “Firefly’s platform is already being used by hundreds of schools to manage classes and timetables; share classroom and revision notes with students; manage the seting, collection and assessment of work submissions; and keep parents abreast of students’ development.”
years old, the chance to enter the competition. Pupils from schools partnered with Free The Children who wish to take part, need to submit their ideas to a teacher for a website that they think could benefit their school and local community. The winning idea will be
selected by a panel of judges from AOL, Codeacademy, Free The Children and 15 year-old Amy Mather, who was awarded the European Digital Girl of Europe Award by The European Commission. The winning class will be provided
with laptops from AOL and will spend a day working with AOL developers and Codeacademy, learning how to build the website. AOL will continue to help the winning school manage the site once it has been built. The competition will close
on May 3rd. The winner will be announced on May 11th.
AOL UK has announced the launch of YouBuild, a competition to engage and inspire school children to learn how to code. In partnership with international
charity and educational partner Free The Children, as well as Codeacademy, YouBuild is tasking pupils to help their school and local community through the power of code. Working with Free The Children’s
partner schools, YouBuild will offer over 12,000 young people across the country, aged between eight-16
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