{"id":76286,"date":"2024-12-13T04:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T04:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/building-future-coders\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T04:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T04:18:22","slug":"building-future-coders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/building-future-coders\/","title":{"rendered":"Building future coders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RAw2C0En628?autoplay=1&#038;controls=1&#038;hl=en\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The future is bright at The Harbour Foundation Technology Lab, where students are being equipped with the vital skills needed in gaming and technology. Thursday night, the lab held an exciting showcase where students demonstrated their creativity and coding proficiency by presenting games they created from scratch.  The event highlighted the importance of fostering creativity and incorporating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education in today\u2019s young minds. Braelynn Shropshire, a 9-year-old coder, expressed her enthusiasm, saying, &#8220;You press the green flags, and then you press this, and then you have to catch all the apples, and the background will change every five seconds.&#8221;  Children as young as 9 took the opportunity to display their coding creations, many of which they had worked on tirelessly for weeks. Braelynn shared, \u201cIt took me like 11 or 13 weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmar2news.com\/homepage-showcase\/shaping-young-minds-for-the-future-the-harbour-foundation-technology-lab-empowers-budding-coders\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wmar2news.com\/homepage-showcase\/shaping-young-minds-for-the-future-the-harbour-foundation-technology-lab-empowers-budding-coders<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future is bright at The Harbour Foundation Technology Lab, where students are being equipped with the vital skills needed in gaming and technology. Thursday night, the lab held an exciting showcase where students demonstrated their creativity and coding proficiency by presenting games they created from scratch. The event highlighted the importance of fostering creativity and incorporating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education in today\u2019s young minds. 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