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Infocomm Club Courses for Schools

Working with IMDA, industry partners, and training partners, Tinkercademy is proud to offer tech education courses to Infocomm Media Clubs (ICMs) for primary and secondary schools and junior colleges. These programmes are fully-funded by IMDA. All you need to do is submit your application below!

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Swift Coding Clubs with Apple

Learn to code on iPad. Infocomm Club training for secondary and JC.

This set of 26-hour programmes brings mobile app development training to students using iPad. Through this programme, students will gain skills and expertise that ensures a strong head start in their journeys to become iOS app developers.

This programme has 3 tracks, each 26 hours long:Track A: App Prototyping
Track B: App Development Basics
Track C: App Development Explorations

Learning Outcomes

Track A: App Prototyping is suitable for students interested in designing and prototyping mobile apps, while getting started with syntax-based coding in the Swift language. By the end of Track A, students should be able to:

Know and implement app design concepts from Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines;
Understand the design thinking process in relation to app development
Create low-fidelity and high-fidelity app prototype designs
Create interactive app prototypes to showcase ideas
Read and write basic Swift code to solve coding puzzles and create simple apps.

Track B: App Development Basics is a great choice for students interested in getting started with creating their own apps using Swift on iPad. By the end of Track B, students should be able to:

Understand and implement basic programming concepts in the Swift language;
Use the Swift Playgrounds development environment to create and run apps;
Create mobile user interfaces with SwiftUI controls and views;
Utilise the SwiftUI framework to design and build a series of interactive apps.

Track C: App Development Explorations builds on students’ knowledge in Track B, allowing them to go further in SwiftUI with Augmented Reality, Machine Learning, and more.This track is available for students who have completed Track B or the Swift Coding Clubs programme in 2022/2023.By the end of Track C, students should be able to:

Read and apply documentation and tutorials on further concepts in Swift and SwiftUI;
Understand how to extend apps using online data available from application programming interfaces (APIs);
Utilise intermediate-to-advanced level libraries and tools such as Vision, CoreML, Reality Composer, and ARKit to create mobile apps with machine learning and augmented reality built-in.

Do you have students looking to learn independently? Pre-recorded introductory content from our course will be made available on our YouTube channel, for free — students can use this as reference material or to catch up, too.

Requirements

iPad devices running iPadOS 16 and above (iPad 6th Gen and above, iPad Air 3rd Gen and above, iPad mini 5th Gen and above, iPad Pro 12.” 2nd Gen and above, any iPad Pro 11”).
Mac devices running macOS Ventura and above (MacBook Pro models from 2017 or later, MacBook Air models from 2018 or later, iMac from 2017 or later, Mac mini from 2018 or later)
Rentals available; please get in touch.

Swift Explorers Challenge

Participants in this programme will be able to submit an app prototype or app experience for the Swift Explorers programme 2024.In 2022 and 2023, we ran Swift Explorers Singapore with partner school Crescent Girls' School. This was designed as a self-directed learning programme for over 1,000 students from 60 schools, culminating in a showcase at Apple Stores in Marina Bay Sands (highlighted by Apple CEO Tim Cook) and Orchard.While Swift Explorers is open to all schools, Swift Coding Club participants will be well-placed to take part in the 2024 challenge, with our professional instructors on hand to bring them through the app prototyping, design, and implementation process. More information about Swift Explorers 2024 will be available at the challenge website from early 2024.

Summary

As an Apple Consultant Network member with a team of curriculum experts appointed as Apple Professional Learning Specialists and Apple Certified Trainers, we have unrivalled levels of experience of close to 1000 hours in teaching Swift to students in Singapore, having conducted five runs of the 180-hour Swift Accelerator Programme to date, brought our coding programmes to the UAE, and conducted numerous other SwiftUI programming classes for schools. A showcase of all our students’ apps is available on our App Store page.Over the years, we have also developed our own commercial-ready apps. We aim to make full use of our experience in both the education and app development realms to build the best coding programme we can for our students.Apply now and be one of 30 schools to join the programme for 2024. Training is provided under one of Tinkercademy's parent companies, Tinkertanker Pte Ltd.

Course	Course Code	Hours	Other Requirements
Swift Coding Club Track A: App Design	APPLE-SWIFT-A	26	Swift Playgrounds 4 on iPad / Xcode on Mac. No coding background required; great for budding app designers.
Swift Coding Club Track B: App Development Basics	APPLE-SWIFT-B	26	Swift Playgrounds 4 on iPad / Xcode on Mac. No coding background required.
Swift Coding Club Track C: App Development Explorations	APPLE-SWIFT-C	26	Swift Playgrounds 4 on iPad / Xcode on Mac. Completed Track B or Swift Coding Clubs Fundamentals in 2022/2023.

Digital Making and Game Development with Microsoft

16-hour CCA programmes for primary schools, presented by Zenitant

Digital Making with micro:bit

In this programme, students will get started with the micro:bit, a programmable microcontroller that serves to introduce coding, electronics, and hands-on digital making to learners of all ages. The micro:bit can be easily programmed through a block-based coding language called MakeCode.Students will explore computational thinking through the use of the micro:bit and various other external components designed to engage and enthrall students. With components that move (servo), light up (LED strip) and make noise (buzzer), students will wield the power to control the physical world in code.Interesting projects have been chosen to capture students' attention and provide them with fun challenges to practice their programming skills. We believe the project-based nature of the course and hands-on focus of each lesson engages students to foster interest in programming for years to come.In 2024, schools will be able to sign up for beginner- and intermediate-level courses, for a total of 2 × 16-hour programmes.