Dhanalakshmi A J & Srividya V – Bringing up future readiness in school children with STEM and computational thinking

Dhanalakshmi A J & Srividya V S, Founders & Educationists, DigitCodemy

Dhanalakshmi A J is an Engineer, MBA holder, associated with Arizona State University, has 17+ years of experience in Industry, Education and STEM fields. She is on a mission of closing the gap between current advancements and the existing K-12 educational system by promoting technology-based experiential learning in STEM fields and skill development. 

With a computer science background, 17 years of experience teaching school children and school Principal, Srividya became an entrepreneur with the goal of bridging the gap in the learning system and developing 21st century skills in school children in rural and urban India. 

About DigitCodemy

DigitCodemy is a Bangalore-based TechEd providing technology-based experiential learning. DigitCodemy partners with institutes in imparting multi-disciplinary and competence-based education to students laying emphasis on digital literacy, coding, STEM and computational thinking with meta skills. Aim is to bring out greater critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities in school children.

DigitCodemy, TechEd, is the proud producer of winning teams from India in the International Appathon 2021 & Appathon 2022 hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States; Outstanding Awards in the World Scratch Olympiad, and more.

 

Services Offered by DigitCodemy

21st Century Skills | AI | App Development | Website Development | STEM | Coding | Financial Literacy | Data Science | Design Thinking | Skill Modules and NEP 2020 solutions

 

DigitCodemy and their journey to influence young minds

DigitCodemy was started by two educationists with a passion to trigger young minds to think creatively, logically, and inquisitively on any subject they face. It all started to enrich their children on par with international students in 21st century skills and experiential learning. They put in a lot of research and training for it. The effort was a big success. It made remarkable progress in a short span. They extended the model to benefit all school children and conceived DigitCodemy - Tech based Experiential Learning in Nov 2020.

Starting from a Computational Thinking programme to Programming Fundamentals, the courses evolved to Mobile App Development, Website Development, Animation and Gaming, Python, Artificial Intelligence, STEM and so on.

Children were introduced to Micro:bit Programming, Robotics, and Android App Development to enable them to solve real-life problems.

DigitCodemy started expanding its wings internationally too.

Our ever-booming team members

DigitCodemy is proud to say that they are a women majority team composed of engineers, IT experts, passionate teachers, mothers, and educators.

Digitcodemy has been a hub of opportunities for highly qualified women to restart their careers and prove their talents to society and family.

The team is provided with ample training and certifications periodically to enhance their skills in the new teaching techniques and curriculum and develop them professionally up to the evolving technology.

Exclusive training programs

 

“TELL ME, AND I WILL FORGET. SHOW ME, AND I MAY REMEMBER.

 INVOLVE ME, AND I WILL UNDERSTAND “

 

At DigitCodemy, we understand the importance of a tailor-made program. That is why we offer exclusive training programs school students which ensures:

•        No deviation from their academic track. In fact, we built a training program that supplements their academics by making sure that they work on projects that are relevant to their school.
•       An immersive program that gives them hands-on learning. This would make every concept they learn an experience as opposed to a lesson. Hence, these would become a part of the way they think.
•       Development of algorithmic thinking. Algorithms form the basis of any programming language. By developing these thinking skills, the student can learn any new skill he or she wants to in the future.

 

 

Instructors & Mentors at DigitCodemy

Our R&D and curriculum development teams are ever active and always on toes, be it in terms of continuously reflecting and modifying our lessons, making it more engaging and actively enthusing ownership in students, and pioneering in bringing up 21^st century skills. Our students are exposed, motivated and mentored in national and international events and competitions on 21^st century skills.

 

 

DigitCodemy STEM programme

Science & Computing (SciCom)

STEM Education Program curated by Team of STEM experts, Engineers, Educationists and IT experts. A project based experiential learning program in science concepts integrated with Electronics, Coding, Robotics, Mobile App building and Design Thinking. Develops 21st century skills like Problem solving, Computational thinking, team work, collaboration and more. This program is STEM.org USA accredited and reviewed. Its a perfect combination of academics and future skills.

 

Students are involved in the structured scientific thinking approach – empathise, define, ideate, prototype, test!

 

Winners of APPATHON 2021 & 2022

DigitCodemy, TechEd, is the proud producer of winning teams from India in Appathon 2021 & Appathon 2022 hosted by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA where the people from around 86 countries from around the world contested.

App Development program of DigitCodemy is not just a technology oriented one, but perfectly curated to give a holistic development right from technology, brainstorming with peers, ideation, prototyping, Coding, Testing, debugging along with finding solutions for the real-world problems.

2021 International Appathon:

Digitcodemy mentored students under the themes: Computational, City of future, Fitness & Health, Education Technology.

4 of our Apps have secured top 5 positions –

• An app for automobile emergency handling has won 3^rd place under Main competition
• App for helping senior citizens won 4^th place under Main competition
• A fitness App got 2^nd place in People’s choice awards
• Earth saviour app secured 3^rd place under people’s choice awards

 

2022 International Appathon:

We mentored students in designing apps that supported United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Quality Education, Sustainable cities and communities, Life below water, Life on land.

Again 4 of the Apps have secured Top 5 positions this year too

• App for creating awareness on Ocean acidification has won 3^rd place under Main competition
• App on UN’s sustainability Goals awareness won 4^th place under Main competition
• App on Nutrition got 3rd place in People’s choice awards
• EduRoot -Quality Education App has received Honourable Mention

https://digitcodemy.com/appathon-result/

 

Winners in International Appathon for consecutive 2 years

 

Training & Mentoring towards computational thinking

Computational thinking(CT) is a problem solving approach that uses algorithms, data, and simulations to investigate questions and develop understandings.

The approach is not like thinking like a computer, but like a scientist to solve problems

Benefits of Computational Thinking:

•      Increased Critical and Analytical Thinking among Students
•      Cultivating Skills in STEM Education among Students
•      Computational Thinkers are Problem Solvers
•      Computational Thinkers are Innovators
•      Take the leap from Consumers to Creators

 

DigitCodemy is working on enhancing the computational thinking approach in school children through its exclusive programme and taking them through National level Computational Thinking Challenge 2022.

CT has greatly benefited students in both academics and technological learning.