CodeNow

CodeNow

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"

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