JAVA CODING CAMPS
The Project Fibonacci® Foundation, Inc. is pleased to offer coding workshops using Java, one of the most popular programming languages used in the industry. Participants will have the opportunity to work with professional software engineers to develop code for an Android application that will control a real robot. These robots are used in FIRST® Tech Challenge tournaments in which teams consisting of students in 7th-12th grades can compete. Participants will also learn about agile software practices, debugging techniques, and source code management. These workshops will launch participants in becoming successful software developers.
What sets these workshops apart from other similar coding initiatives?
- In person instructor who is a professional engineer
- Real world testing with robots
- Use of industry standard robots
Workshops can be customized to fit your school’s needs! Our recommendation is for groups of eight students between 7th-12th grades, and 2-3 teachers/coaches as a maximum group size per workshop. It is best to host them on-site monthly at 2-4 hours per session, after school or on weekends. Workshops could run the length of the whole school year. At each workshop session new topics will be introduced while participants work at their own pace.
The Project Fibonacci® Foundation, Inc. has a robotics startup package including five robots: Four pre-built robots for continual programming and one competition robot
For additional information about Java Coding Camp, contact Andrew Burger at 315.334.1163 ext. 124 or aburger@projectfibonacci.org
For FIRST® Tech Challenge team formation information, contact: aburger@firstinspires.org
Interesting Facts!
- In the Rome, NY area, as of Feb. 5, 2018, there are 71 Java job postings on Linkedin
- According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, software developer growth rate between 2016-2026 is 31%
- According to Glassdoor, the average Java developer salary is $72,417