XplainED 2020 Summer Coding Seminar

June 22-26
Although the coronavirus may have put a pause on the world, it could not stop us from our mission to expand quality education to all. As the digital age rises, knowing computer science is becoming more essential to life. Consequently, our program organizers made the best effort to deliver to you, and in fact spent much time redesigning the course to fit an online platform.
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One Program, Two Sections
As everyone should have the ability to learn coding, XplainED sought to gather students of all ages. As such, we divided the program into two different sections: one for elementary school students (the “elementary session”), and one for grades 7+ (the “main session”). Both sessions took place at the same time in two different Zoom meetings.
Section content was tailored exactly towards the listed age groups. As such, although we had predetermined groupings, students also had the option to switch sessions if they felt that one was too easy or too hard.
Main Session Course Description
The XplainED 2020 Summer Coding Seminar was a vigorous free program that took place on the dates June 22-26 2020. In these 5 days, students learned the basics of Java programming, learning print statements, variables, logic, loops, user input, and algorithms.
The content of this seminar was designed so that students of all ages can participate. As this is an introductory seminar, we did not require students to have any background knowledge on computer science at all, but rather suggested that that students have strong logic and critical thinking skills.
All lectures were taught by experienced coders (university students or computing competitors) and covered all course content. In addition to lectures, the seminar had labs which were designed to offer students a chance to apply this new knowledge.
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Testimonials







Meet Our Main Session Instructors

Content Developer & Lead Instructor
Mike is currently a rising senior in Florida. As a high schooler, he loves pure mathematics and coding, and participates in competitions such as the USA Computing Olympiad and American Invitational Mathematics Exam. Mike does not keep those joys to himself though: he highly enjoys teaching, and loves to spread his skills to others. Aside from academics, Mike enjoys playing piano and playing games such as Pokémon (although he currently cannot beat it “quickly”).

Instructor
Kevin An
Meet Our Elementary Section Instructors

Lead Instructor
Tong Jing

Content Developer
Mike is currently a rising senior in Florida. As a high schooler, he loves pure mathematics and coding, and participates in competitions such as the USA Computing Olympiad and American Invitational Mathematics Exam. Mike does not keep those joys to himself though: he highly enjoys teaching, and loves to spread his skills to others. Aside from academics, Mike enjoys playing piano and playing games such as Pokémon (although he currently cannot beat it “quickly”).

Instructor
Qingqi Yuan
Qingqi Yuan is an incoming junior at Gulliver Prep in Miami. She has been participating in the computer science national honor society in her school, doing outreaches, and teaching little kids how to do coding. During her Freshman year, she got an Excellence in World History and Biology Scholarship Award at Miller Campus. She took the second place in the 2018 Congressional App Challenge for FL-27 district. She likes coding, baking, skateboarding, and volunteering. She thinks volunteering can help her to learn new skills and gain experience.