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Kid-Friendly Coding Programs

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Apple's Swift Platform Offers Coding Education Geared to Young Minds

— June 15, 2016 — Tech
With HTML and coding becoming one of the most influential and important digital languages across the globe, Apple is hoping to help start consumers at a young age become familiar with the platform with its Swift coding program. The program is geared to adults and children alike, but with an ample focus on educating younger demographics from an early age about digital creation. The service is offered through an app that encourages young minds with gamified experiences and cartoon graphics.

Coding is a growing industry and a knowledge of the basics is vital to many adjacent mediums. The Swift platform educates children by giving them the tools and knowledge presented with animated characters and games. The program begins as a game and as the user learns and excels in age and skill, the lessons become more challenging and sophisticated.
Trend Themes
1. Kid-friendly Coding Education - Companies can create education programs that make coding fun and accessible for young children, using animations and gamification to make learning more engaging.
2. Education Through Apps - Developers can create apps that are focused on education to deliver learning experiences that are fun while teaching coding and digital creation skills to kids.
3. Digital Creation with a Focus on Young Audiences - Companies can focus on creating platforms and tools for digital creation that are targeted specifically at younger audiences, with animations and graphics to make the learning process more engaging.
Industry Implications
1. Education - The education industry can utilize coding education programs and apps to enhance children’s interest in coding and digital creation solutions.
2. Technology - The technology industry can develop new tools and platforms that enable children to engage with digital creation through the use of coding, animations and gamification.
3. Entertainment - The entertainment industry can create kid-friendly platforms to teach coding and digital creation skills that are entertaining and engaging for children.
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