With the advancement of technology, smartphones and applications have become an important part of daily life for both children and adults, and programming has therefore become an indispensable tool and world language.
In recent years, many young people have learned programming, and some teams have represented Hong Kong in the World Championships. At the same time, some students have defeated famous CEOs and embraced future technology on the "starting line".
Recently, another organization held "Code for Fun" to promote the importance of programming education.
"Learning to code is not only suitable for those who want to become programmers or to pursue a career in technology. Coding helps develop children's problem-solving skills and other important life skills," said John Tsang, founder of Uncle Potato Chip Co-creation Club.
In the past six months, Co-Creation has actively promoted CoderZ, an Israeli education technology company's virtual robot, coding and STEM learning platform, in primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong.
The winning teams of the CoderZ League (Hong Kong) Junior Division and Professional Division will represent Hong Kong in the "2021 CoderZ League World Finals" on the 12th of this month. ) The players ranged in age from 11 to 14 years old and competed against teams from the United States and Ghana in Africa. In the end, they won the third place in the professional group and won glory for Hong Kong.
Participating students said that in addition to computer knowledge, they can learn mathematics, physics and English skills, and more importantly, learn important life skills such as teamwork, communication skills, problem-solving skills, time management, persistence and never giving up.
Six gifted teenagers rush out of Hong Kong
As the captain of Skydragon, Lu Yuanzhe is the youngest, only 11 years old, but it is not difficult for him to work out the programming schedule, division of labor, and repeated testing of the program.
He said he will continue to learn to code because he wants to do better.
12-year-old Zeng Zixuan believes that coding is an important tool for learning and computer communication in the future.
He said that this was the first time he participated in an international programming competition. During the competition, he often discussed strategies with his teammates until late at night. Seeing his opponents use the parabolic thread to get high scores, it was an eye-opener for him, and he will improve the game strategy in the future.
Primary school students pick a well-known CEO
In addition, the novice group today (22nd) 6 primary school students picked the CEO.
Zheng Zhongxun, chief investment officer of BlueTop Group and director of Uncle Potato Chip Co-creation Club, led five well-known CEOs in the city, namely Zhou Luomeiqi, executive director of Alibaba Hong Kong Venture Fund, Lai Weishi, CEO of Hong Kong McDonald's, co-founder and joint executive of Baotai Life Insurance. President Yan Yaohui, SEEK Asia Pacific Chief Integration and Transformation Director Qiu Kunshi and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Co., Ltd. Ren Jingxin participated in the competition.
The competition is divided into two rounds. Each round has three tasks to complete. The tasks simulate logistics scenarios, robots move goods, cross shelves, and overcome obstacles. The shortest route and time to complete the task are the winners.
The competition was fierce and each team won a round.
In the end, the student team defeated the CEO team by 23 seconds.
All CEOs are new to coding. After the competition, Li Weishi said that she was very happy to have the opportunity to step out of her comfort zone and compete with students to learn. She believes that as more companies implement digital transformation, it is necessary to learn coding as a leader.
Zheng Zhongxun said that even if he lost the game, "don't be ashamed, because the student team is really good."
All CEOs know the importance of coding and hope to set an example for the company's employees through the competition.
Yan Yaohui believes that coding is actually not too difficult, and it is very interesting. Practice more before the competition, and practice makes perfect.
Ren Jingxin shared his experience and believed that the simplest method is often the key to success.
Zhou Luomeiqi emphasized that everyone needs to learn programming, "no matter male or female, but everyone should embrace future technology."
She had never learned programming before, so this is a rare experience.
Coding Education Starts at Home
Dr Ray Zhang from City University of Hong Kong had a panel discussion with Pei Chin Jian, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong Cyber Security and Privacy Services, and Siying Ho, Co-founder and COO of Clare.AI and WATI.io.
Taking language learning as an example, Jian Peiqin emphasized the importance of learning from an early age, starting with families by designing some simple websites/apps to learn together.
With the development of low-code (low-code) or no-code (no-code), He Siying pointed out that it is no longer necessary to write every line of code with difficult programming knowledge.
CoderZ's Drag-and-Drop is an example.
Dr Zhang appealed to the parents in the audience that they must catch up with their digital Aboriginal children to avoid being out of touch with the times.
He introduced the "Hong Kong Hour of Code", which aims to bring coding education into the mainstream of Hong Kong. They regularly hold weekend activities to allow parents and children to learn the basics of coding together.
Through a 1-hour "Coding Workshop", "Learn to Code Fun" invited Dr. Zhang Zesong to guide the parents, teachers and children attending to learn basic coding concepts.
The children in attendance thought it was fun and easy to learn.
Qiu Kunshi hopes to improve the society's understanding of coding, and is no longer limited to difficult and complicated imaginations. Parents should learn coding together with their children. "You can learn at any age."
Introducing the world's best innovative learning solutions to Hong Kong
Since its establishment in 2018, Uncle Potato Chips Co-Creation Club has been promoting education innovation in Hong Kong, building an international and local platform, and introducing various innovative learning solutions to Hong Kong through the "Global Expansion Program for Education Technology Entrepreneurs".
CoderZ, an Israeli education technology company, is one of the winners of the 2020 "Education Technology Enterprise Global Expansion Program".
Dr. Wong Wong, Dean of the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education, said that in the past six months, he was very glad that Hong Kong students had the opportunity to learn coding and shine on the international stage.
In the past six months, Uncle Potato Chip Co-Creation Co., Ltd. saw the importance of coding and introduced CoderZ to primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong, allowing students to learn coding, robotics and STEM through this virtual platform.
(Picture provided by Uncle Potato Chips Co-Creation Agency)
Since the beginning of the epidemic, R-kids has used CoderZ for online virtual robot programming teaching earlier than the beginning of the epidemic.
Founder Au Zhiwei believes that CoderZ is the most similar to their teaching direction, with task programming as the lead, making learning more active.
This platform has a complete learning ladder for students of different levels to learn and challenge.
Its international competitions, which enable students to learn from their peers from around the world, are a big draw.
CoderZ's teaching management, student progress assessment and data analysis are very comprehensive, which is of great help to teachers and is superior to similar virtual robot learning platforms.
Therefore, Ou Zhiwei will recommend CoderZ to more schools, so that more students can learn and participate together.
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