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Coding Summer Camp in New Orleans, LA

There is no shortage of summer options in New Orleans, LA. There is a shortage of weeks a child talks about in September, and that is the bar coding summer camp has to clear.

Ages 7-14 · For families · Louisiana · South

Coding Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in New Orleans, LA
Coding Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in New Orleans, LA

What the week actually is

Most coding camps teach syntax and lose the child by Wednesday. This one teaches the loop — write, run, it breaks, read the error, fix it — because that loop is what a programmer actually does and it is learnable at seven.

Day by day

  1. Logic on paper before a keyboard
  2. First program, first error message
  3. Read the error, fix the error
  4. Build something with a user who is not you
  5. Showcase: hand it to someone and watch

New Orleans, LA — what applies locally

  • The New Orleans–Metairie, LA metro area has about 970,849 residents, ranking 59th in the country.
  • Metro area: New Orleans–Metairie, LA
  • State: Louisiana · Region: South

Questions we get from New Orleans, LA

Which language?
Block-based for the youngest, then Python. The language matters far less than whether the child will read an error message instead of panicking.
Screen time all week?
No. Roughly half the week is off-screen: planning on paper, tracing logic by hand, testing on each other.
Is it too late to start at 13?
No. Thirteen-year-olds move faster than anyone; what they need is a reason, not an earlier start.

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