Good Read: The Girl With The Louding Voice - Abi Dare

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  In this remarkable story, Adunni, the main character, depicts ambition fuelled with a burning desire to succeed despite all odds. Tales of this type still abound in Lagos, and they are portrayed in the media daily. Adunni is hailed as the poor girl with a rich mind, "Sherlock Holmes," who never stops asking intelligent questions, a child-bride, and a strong-willed girl who grew up fast due to the circumstance her parents put her through. However, she had the guts to pursue the life she wanted. - An education by any means necessary.  Adunni finally got her groove back after reading such an easy book, I could relate to the characters there. the harsh and despicable reality of Lagos till date. I would recommend this book to my friends and would love to see it turned into a film.
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Code Alert - Teach Kids To Code

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With the immense growth of technologies within our communities, coding is now on the curriculum for kids, soon kids will know how our devices actually work, Kids adapt fast at learning things from their computer games to navigating their ways round the internet. This will encourage adults to learn and also bridge the generation gap.

Kano: Education company Pearson is using Kano for the schools coding curriculum. You learn to build your own computer through storytelling. www.kano.me

SAM: launched on Kickstarter, this kit contains a set of components to help you build a connected device. samlabs.me

The online resources
Codecademy: offers online courses in programming languages and app building as well as teaching resources. It has helped 4,000 teachers prepare for the new curriculum. codecademy.com

KhanAcademy: Salman Khan started this as a YouTube channel to help his cousins with their maths. Now it teaches pretty much every subject, for free, through video-based courses. khanacademy.org

Code School: free and subscription-based video-classes. Complete the challenges to progress to the next stage. codeschool.com

Treehouse: mobile-optimised video-based courses. Subscription costs apply. teamtreehouse.com

Tuts+: some 400 video-based lessons of one to five hours. Pick out specific classes (some free, some for $15) or subscribe for full access. tutsplus.com

The quick courses
Decoded: Code in a Day courses taught bosses at the BBC, Lloyds and even Google and Facebook. It has expanded its range and runs CodeEd — teaching teachers to teach code. decoded.co

Steer: short courses (two to five days near Exmouth Market) in JavaScript, web development or app- making. steer.me

Coderwave: coding workshops run by a freelance web developer. Free taster sessions available. coderwave.com

The careers
General Assembly: offers career-changing courses (applications required) or workshops for those who just want to develop an interest. generalassemb.ly

Makers Academy: spend 12 weeks immersed in code. You’ll produce a polished project at the end. Applications required. makersacademy.com

CodeFirst: Girls: equips women at the start of their career for a role in tech with free courses, events and hackathons. codefirstgirls.org.uk

CodeZoners Ravensbourne: a nine-month course mixing lessons with apprenticeships, matching out-of-work young people with shortages of digitally skilled workers. ravensbourne.ac.uk/courses/short-courses/codezoners

The kids’ stuff
Code Club:  free after-school classes for 9-11-year-olds supported by Google and Mozilla.  It also trains teachers. codeclub.org.uk/codeclubpro.org

Coder Dojo: a global network for people to set up or find free local coding clubs for children aged seven to 17. coderdojo.com

Young Rewired State: links under-18s who have taught themselves to code and hosts Monthly Hyperlocal sessions for expanding their skills. youngrewiredstate.org/yrs-hyperlocal  

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