Volunteered for an amazing nonprofit that teaches high-schoolers how to code.
Location
Galvanize – New York, NY
Date
April 29th to 30th – 9 am to 4:30 pm
Role
Mentor
About
CodeNow is a nonprofit focused on teaching under-represented youth to code that provides free, out-of-school training hosted at local tech companies.
- Taught high school students the basics of web development over a weekend from 9 am to 4:30 pm (April 29th & 30th).
My Group
They were AWESOME and in the event they become famous, I want to make sure I remember their names.
- Ayush Parikh
- Daniela Gutierrez
- Abir Mazumder
- Mohona Yesmin
- Axel Reyes
Curriculum Covered
- GitHub
- Markdown
- README/Documentation
- Favicons
- Basic HTML
- Style sheets/Frameworks 1. Bulma 2. Bootstrap 4 3. Foundation 4. Ionic 5. Pure CSS 6. Skeleton 7. Titan 8. Susy
- Coding Bootcamps vs Formal Education
- Responsiveness
ANNNNND we’re back at it again! Welcome to weekend 2!
71 Likes, 1 Comments – CodeNow (@codenow) on Instagram: “ANNNNND we’re back at it again! Welcome to weekend 2!”
Weekend 1 is a wrap! HUGE thank you to @galvanizehq for making this weekend a big success!
64 Likes, 2 Comments – CodeNow (@codenow) on Instagram: “Weekend 1 is a wrap! HUGE thank you to @galvanizehq for making this weekend a big success!”
And we’re live!
56 Likes, 1 Comments – CodeNow (@codenow) on Instagram: “And we’re live!”
So much learning going on it’s hard to keep up. #codinglife #futureprogrammers #newyork
65 Likes, 1 Comments – CodeNow (@codenow) on Instagram: “So much learning going on it’s hard to keep up. #codinglife #futureprogrammers #newyork”