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7 Dec 2021

Latest COVID-19 Health & Safety Precautions

Register for NewTechKids bootcamps. Teaching through the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging, to say the least. But it has become even more challenging now that cases have risen rapidly in the Netherlands due to the Omicron variant. From the start, NewTechKids has taken serious measures to protect our students and teachers and reduce the risk of transmission in our after-school and holiday bootcamps. This includes requiring our students to wear masks for the duration of

2 Dec 2021

NewTechKids Supports the Dutch Code for Children’s Digital Rights

By NewTechKids

NewTechKids is happy to support the Code voor Kinderrechten (Code for Children's Rights) which is being developed in the Netherlands. The Code consists of ten principles with practical examples to help designers and developers guarantee children's fundamental rights when creating digital products and services. Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands, Waag and Leiden University drew up the Code together with young people, designers, developers and other experts.

2 Nov 2021

NewTechKids To Teach Kids of Schuberg Philis Colleagues

By NewTechKids

Music is the universal language for everyone, including kids. Which is why NewTechKids is excited to continue our ongoing collaboration with IT company Schuberg Philis by being one of program partners for an event this weekend designed for the children of colleagues. We'll be teaching workshops which introduce kids 8-12 to computer science, coding and robotics. Kids will explore how robots can perform music by inventing their very own robot orchestra. Other workshops given by

29 Oct 2021

Adyen Donates Laptops for NewTechKids Bootcamps

By NewTechKids

NewTechKids is thankful to Adyen, the global payments platform, for its generous donation of refurbished laptops for use during our tech education bootcamps. We will use them to bring computer science education to more schools, libraries and childcare centres. Deborah Carter, Founder and Business Director of NewTechKids, says "Adyen's donation comes at the perfect time. We were due for an upgrade as we've been using the same computers and tablets for a number of years.

2 Sep 2021

Bringing Tech Education to Low-Income Kids

By NewTechKids

This summer, NewTechKids collaborated with the Amsterdam Public Library and Maakplaats021 to make our summer camps accessible to children from low-income families. As part of the City of Amsterdam's Midzomer Mokum event series, we taught a series of six, weekly tech bootcamps for kids ages 8-12. With funding from the Library, we offered heavily-subsidized places to kids with a Stadspas, a card which helps people with low incomes or on state pensions access arts, culture and

8 Sep 2021

NewTechKids Collaborating with IT Company Schuberg Philis

By NewTechKids

Dutch IT Company Supporting Development of Future Technologists NewTechKids is pleased to announce that Schuberg Philis, a leading IT company headquartered in Amsterdam, has decided to support our technology education activities. Schuberg Philis' support will include a financial donation which will allow us to extend our offerings to more children, including from low-income communities, and to develop new curriculum aimed at engaging both girls and boys with technology, computer science, programming and robotics in primary

5 Sep 2021

NewTechKids Early Fall 2021 Bootcamps

By NewTechKids

Register kids ages 8-12 in our early Fall 2021 bootcamps if you want to prepare them to become tech inventors, innovators and critical thinkers. NewTechKids don't focus on training master coders: we focus on developing kids who have the knowledge, skills and confidence to identify a problem and then create a technology prototype to solve it. This Fall, we're blending technology with different subjects to expose kids to multidisciplinary ways of solving problems. Tuesday Afternoons:

1 Aug 2021

Encourage Kids to do some Virtual Travelling

By NewTechKids

Know a child who is fascinated by geography and travel? There's lots of places, cities and destinations to visit which don't require a passport, plane ticket or cash! Check out our list of virtual tours and videos featuring cool places to visit and learn more about. Quench their wanderlust! Harry Potter Film Locations: we love this awesome Google Earth tool which takes kids to many of the places featured in the Harry Potter Films: Platform

1 Aug 2021

Visit Museums Around the World (Virtually) with Kids

By NewTechKids

Looking for days and nights at the world's leading museums? Some of the world's leading museums have created virtual tours and video tours to bring their exhibitions to kids around the world. Check out NewTechKids' list of cool museums to discover. The British Museum: by far, our favourite virtual tour. The Museum of the World Tour allows kids to search by continent, date and category with audio guided tours. The Smithsonian: check out these 360 degree

7 Jul 2021

NewTechKids hiring local high school students as assistants

By NewTechKids

NewTechKids has occasionally invited alumni of our programs and students who are taking computer science courses in local high schools to assist our teachers, especially when we teach large groups of students. This summer, we are pleased to introduce a new summer internship program for three high school students from Amsterdam who will assist us during our six weeks of summer vacation bootcamps. These teens all have experience with the teaching tools we use and will