Resources
high school is grades 9-12 (ages 14-18)
Tech Education Resources for High School Extracurricular Activities (Grades 9-12)
Exploring Interests
Online Courses
Platforms like Coursera, edX, and Udacity offer free and paid courses on diverse tech topics like coding, web development, cybersecurity, and data science. These courses can help students discover their tech interests.
Books and Articles
Websites like Project Gutenberg (https://gutenberg.org/) and MIT OpenCourseware (https://ocw.mit.edu/) provide free access to books and resources on various tech subjects.
YouTube Channelsc
Channels like The Coding Train, freeCodeCamp, and Crash Course Computer Science offer engaging video tutorials on programming languages, algorithms, and computer science concepts.
Building Skills
Coding Competitions
Platforms like HackerRank, Codewars, and LeetCode offer coding challenges and contests, allowing students to practice their coding skills in a competitive environment.
Hackathons
Weekend-long events where students collaborate to develop tech solutions for real-world problems. Look for local hackathons or participate in online ones.
Open Source Projects
Contributing to open source projects on GitHub allows students to collaborate with developers worldwide, learn best practices, and build a portfolio.
Hands-on Learning
Robotics Clubs
Joining a robotics club allows students to learn engineering principles, programming, and teamwork by building and competing with robots
Build Projects
Websites like Hackaday (https://hackaday.com/) and Instructables (https://www.instructables.com/) offer project ideas and tutorials for building electronics, robots, and other tech creations.
3D Printing Clubs
Explore 3D modeling and printing through school clubs or online resources like Tinkercad (https://www.tinkercad.com/) to design and print their own 3D models.
Hands-on Learning
National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE)
https://www.nsbe.org/ (Supports aspiring minority tech students)
Girls Who Code
https://girlswhocode.com/ (Empowers young women to pursue tech careers)
Technovation Girls
https://technovationchallenge.org/ (Global tech competition for girls)