{"id":31992,"date":"2016-11-28T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/?p=31992"},"modified":"2016-11-28T09:38:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T01:38:22","slug":"futurein-codes-tink-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2016\/11\/futurein-codes-tink-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"The future\u2026in Codes with Tink Tank SG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Look around you. It\u2019s everywhere. It determines how we live, how we communicate, how we function. It has changed our lives.  Our Prime Minister has it, Bill Gates has it, Mark Zukerberg has it and a whole list of iconic people have learnt it, used it and virtually changed the world with it. Best of all, we – you, me and our kids, can all learn it, master it and change the world with it. It\u2019s like learning an instrument, a new language, a new skill. Once you master it, the world is truly your oyster.<\/p>\n

Yes, I’m talking about the latest buzzword in 2016: Coding.<\/p>\n

Everyone in this country should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think!” – Steve Jobs<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The future that we know:<\/strong>
\nAs parents, sometimes we lament about how we can prepare for our kids for a future that we ourselves do not know of. Well, we can be certain that technology and computer programming skills will be increasingly indispensable in the new world our kids are growing up in.<\/p>\n

In a recent report<\/a> by Straits Times, it was highlighted that there is currently a high demand for jobs that need coding skills. That demand is expected to rise as the future closes in on us with more of our daily lives and work requiring the use of ICT (Info-Comm Technology) as a solution. Pause and think about it: We are already typing more than we physically write\u2026including authors and publishers themselves. THAT\u2019s how prevalent technology has been and it will continue to be. Computer programming and coding will become THE backbone of modern living as we know it.<\/p>\n

\"ScreenSource: The Straits Times (March 9, 2016)<\/a><\/p>\n

In September 2014, England was the first country in the world to make computer programming a compulsory school subject at all levels. In 2015, the Australian government has endorsed a new school curriculum that makes coding and programming classes compulsory for children as young as eight. In Finland, starting fall 2016, coding is a mandatory, cross curricular activity that starts from first year of school. Other European countries have also introduced coding classes to their compulsory educational curriculum as computer skills are increasingly viewed as essential to developing key \u201c21st century competences\u201d.  
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Watch this powerful video which shares why is Coding important:<\/strong><\/p>\n