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Understanding the RP4K Elite Program

Published on October 18, 2022

It can be hard to answer what sounds like a straightforward question: how good are you at coding? In sports, athletes play at a certain level and move up or down as they win or lose. Chess players get an official rating that rises and falls depending on their tournament play. In coding, programmers advance […]

Best Coding Tools for High School Students

Published on October 4, 2022

It’s fitting that computer coders, renowned for their lateral thinking, use computers to make their lives easier. Programmers use coding tools to help them debug, test, and create software. Chefs, for example, use kitchen hacks learned over years of experience, like how to push a chef’s knife against garlic to coax it out of its […]

Tips For Integrating Coding into Your Child's Busy Schedule

Published on September 13, 2022

No one knows better than parents how incredibly busy kids are nowadays. Kids often have hectic schedules between school, sports, friends, gaming, and other activities. Parents themselves feel the demands of a child's busy schedule, driving them from home to school to ice hockey practice and finally back home while managing their own work, interests, […]

5 Simple Programming Languages to Teach Your Kids

Published on September 2, 2022

Most parents appreciate that computers and technology are essential tools nowadays. Humankind's dependence on computers is only expected to grow. Already, computer science applications like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Data Science, and more are shaping all types of vital technologies, from small devices in our pockets to the industries we […]

How Ontario Plans to Integrate Coding into the Curriculum

Published on July 28, 2022

There is a vague but persistent notion that public school systems are currently transitioning to the realities of our digital world. Older, humanities-based courses like literature, history and philosophy aren’t disappearing. However, learning STEM skills improves students’ thinking fundamentally while preparing them for a job in our-tech based world. Shakespeare and Tolstoy aren’t going anywhere, […]

5 Ways Video Games Can Positively Impact Your Kids

Published on July 12, 2022

Video games have changed a lot over the years. The days of parents worrying about their kids pumping too many quarters into arcade games at the mall are long over. The games kids play today are a high-art form all their own with incredible graphic design, script writing, problem-solving play, and more. Video games have […]

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