Take a moment to learn more about our students’ projects and learning experience at Code Your Dreams!
“As we hear from our students - remember they are not just our future. They are our today. I look to our students as today’s change-makers, innovators, activists, and technologists.”
Our students transform technical skills into impact, using code to confront real-world challenges and shape the future of their communities.
Jacquan, a 5th grade student from Chicago, saw gun violence affect his community, family and friends. In an effort to make walking around his neighborhood safer, he developed an app called "Child Safety."
Jillian, a 9th grade student from Chicago, says: “With the rise of Black Lives Matter, I wanted to get involved. So I created my app, Politea, which means ‘the rights of citizens,’ to drive transparency for police and civilian relations alike.”
Take this course! It's not as hard as it looks and the teachers are patient and fun. I 100% recommend this.
This course has made me less nervous to present projects and I truly loved this class. I learned many things but learning to create my own website was the biggest one.
This course was amazing! If you enjoy computers and are interested in how they work I recommend taking this class 100%. I took this course because I love computers and learning how to make them do what I want was super cool! I feel very confident in writing code now.
I learned a lot of life lessons. It does not take much to help fix something in your community. With all of this information that I have learned from this program, I plan to take it and make my community a better place.
Our students turn lived experiences into technology for social good, developing apps, websites, and innovative digital products that address real community needs. Each year concludes with a public showcase, where they present their work from concept to code.