Apple and Chicago Join Forces to Bring Coding Opportunities to City’s Students
December 12 2017 - 3:01AM
Business Wire
Apple® today announced that it is working with the city of
Chicago to bring coding opportunities to Chicago’s nearly 500,000
students through a citywide expansion of Apple’s Everyone Can Code
program.
The initiative in Chicago was designed in collaboration with the
Mayor’s Office of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, City Colleges of
Chicago, local businesses and non-profit organizations. Together,
Apple and local organizations are helping expand opportunities for
students to build the skills they need to pursue careers in the app
economy by becoming proficient in Swift™, Apple’s easy-to-learn
programming language that empowers anyone to create world-class
apps.
“At Apple we believe coding is an essential skill, so we’ve
designed Everyone Can Code to give everyone the power to learn,
write and teach coding,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’re
thrilled to be working with our friends and partners in the great
city of Chicago on this initiative. Together with Mayor Emanuel,
Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges, we look forward to
helping students learn Swift and build the skills they need to
thrive in today’s workplace.”
Starting this spring, Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges
of Chicago will expand Everyone Can Code curriculum and materials
to reach students citywide. For the first time, City Colleges of
Chicago will offer the innovative App Development with Swift
curriculum, helping students build skills around coding and app
development.
Chicago Public Schools will also offer new Swift Coding Clubs,
which bring coding education to after-school programs. Swift Coding
Clubs guide students through key coding concepts, introduce them to
Swift and walk them through an app design and prototyping
project.
Apple and local businesses, including GE Transportation, IBM,
Jellyvision, Lextech, McDonald’s, Rush University Medical Center,
Ulta Beauty and United Airlines will add volunteer opportunities
for their Chicago-based employees to help support students.
Additionally, 1871, One Summer Chicago and other Chicago-based
businesses will offer more than 100 internships to high school and
college students who have completed the Everyone Can Code
curriculum.
“Coding is not just a critical skill in today’s economy, it is
another outlet for students to expand their horizons and explore
their creativity,” said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “Everyone Can
Code is an incredible opportunity for young people across Chicago
to learn the language of the future, sharpen their minds and
develop the skill sets needed to compete and win in the 21st
century.”
“Everyone Can Code gives students opportunities to learn new
skills and develop a strong foundation in STEM to prepare them for
a successful future in the 21st-century economy,” said Dr. Janice
K. Jackson, acting Chief Executive Officer at Chicago Public
Schools. “This initiative introduces coding curriculum that
develops core skills, creativity, collaboration and problem
solving, which will help lay the groundwork for a successful
future.”
Apple provides learning experiences for coding in all Apple
Stores. New App Development Design sessions also premiered at Apple
Michigan Avenue this fall.
Everyone Can Code is a program designed by Apple to help
everyone learn how to code, creating opportunities for all students
and preparing them for the workforce. The comprehensive program
includes a range of free resources, from helping students explore
basic coding concepts to building fully functional apps.
Swift is Apple’s powerful and intuitive programming language
that gives developers the freedom and capabilities they need to
create the next generation of cutting-edge software. Popular apps
including Airbnb, KAYAK, TripAdvisor, Venmo and Yelp are all
created with Swift.
The app economy has generated more than 1.5 million jobs in the
US and more than 64,000 jobs in Illinois alone. The demand for
coding skills continues to grow, with more than 500,000 programming
and coding positions available in the US as of August 2017. Since
the launch of the App Store® in 2008, US app developers have earned
over $16 billion in App Store sales.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS —
provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower
people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple
Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000 employees
are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving
the world better than we found it.
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