Why Mikoko Gallery Center

Youth Web Design

Web & Social Media Skills

Almost every business needs a website and these websites have to be updated from time to time. Web design jobs are highly paid and there is a constant need for web designers to design websites. Training young people in web design skills creates a path to employment for youths from disadvantaged communities.

We run a program that teaches web design skills to youths in Tanzania from the disadvantaged communities. We teach both frontend and backend computer skills. After completion of the training, we link our graduates to companies for paid employment.

The course starts from the basics of web design to developing a complete website. The course also introduces students to multimedia components in image manipulation, video and sound editing. Participants get to learn web hosting and other web authoring tools.

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Computer Coding for Children

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Computer programming is the language of the future. It is important that children learn and master these skills. We teach children computer coding skills through interactive games, apps and robot development.

Designing games is not only fun but is one of the best ways to learn coding skills as there are decisions that have to be made for the game plan and moves. App design helps children master coding skills, organisation, maths and logic. Robot design helps children in computational thinking, logic, creativity, and algorithms.

Children being exposed to coding and programming at an early age gives them the skills and confidence to be creative, innovative and motivates them to build a career in the IT world. The IT sector is fast growing and by children from disadvantaged communities learning computer coding skills at an early age, they can be helped and inspired to study STEM subjects in the future.

Scratch

This is a graphical user interface; the environment is built to drag and drop objects which makes it easy and fun to learn coding principles. Children find it easy to start coding through Scratch, a games development platform that was designed by MIT to introduce computer coding to children.

Python – Turtle Module

Python is an open source language.

It is very powerful, versatile and one of the most commonly used languages today. It is easy to learn and children will learn the art of programming patterns using decision making statements and loops. The program will introduce participants to games development where they will apply maths and logic.

Raspberry Pi

This practical exercise helps children design and build a robot to carry out tasks. The robot accepts commands that are built into it like how to move, make sounds, blink the LED light before stopping, use sensors to detect objects and avoid hitting obstacles.

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