Improving the coding capabilities of America’s youth is a top priority. These are the jobs of the future and in many cases, these are also the jobs of the present. Consider a recent article for KSL titled “Father, engineer runs coding camp to help Utahns hone high-tech skills.”
Carrie Rogers-Whitehead of KSL writes, “Pat Wright, a father and engineer, was at a meeting in 2006 when someone asked: ‘Does someone want to put on a conference for coding?’ Even though he had never done such a thing, Wright raised his hand and said, ‘I’ll help put it on.’ That simple action started a chain of events for Wright that has impacted many. Wright started with small coding camps for professionals through his job at MaritzCX, which led to Digiforge, a youth technology conference. He has been the chairman of Digiforge the last two years. Digiforge is aimed at helping high school students in school districts in the Salt Lake Valley. It has been running for almost a decade and is put on by the Wasatch Front South Consortium, educators, professionals in the tech community and dedicated volunteers. The Digiforge conference was held again last Wednesday, March 16, at Salt Lake Community College’s South City campus. Over 500 teens attended keynote and professional presentations on topics such as big data, graphic design, video game programming, 3-D animation and coding. Jana Davis, programs coordinator of SpyHop Productions and one of Digiforge’s organizers, said, ‘The professionals giving tracks are giving a real world outlook of what other jobs are out there — teens get introduced to other positions that they might not be aware of.’ When the students attend these presentations, they don’t only learn about the topic, but all the work that goes in to create their favorite games or the apps and tools they use every day.”
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