Wafula Chebukati

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Kenyan Elections is conducted by a Commission EIBC whose Chairman is Wafula Chebukati.

Wafula Chebukati – IEBC’s current boss is the subject of this article as we look into his biography, educational background, career journey, and personal life. Kenya’s elections regulatory agency, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) established in 2011 is mandated with conducting or supervising referendum and elections to an elective body or office established by Law and other legal elections in Kenya. 

Age and Place of Birth

Wafula W. Chebukati was born in 1961 and celebrates his birthday on 22nd December. He hails from Trans Nzoia County and later moved to Bungoma County.

Education Background

Mr. Chebukati began his academic journey in St. Peters Primary School in Mumias where he excelled in his certification exams. Because of his success, he secured a place in Lenana School after Bokoli Secondary school. Chebukati later went on to join the University of Nairobi Law School in Parklands.

He spent four years in his undergraduate degree and two more in the Kenya School of Law as he built his Law career. Additionally, Mr. Wafula enrolled at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) for his MBA.

Career Journey

Chebukati’s career spans over thirty years with specialization in litigation and dispute resolution, company mergers and acquisitions, maritime, conveyancing, and labor laws. The IEBC boss is the founder of a law firm named Cootow and Associates Advocates based in Nairobi and has been operational since 2006. 

Chebukati also has a political background having vied for a parliamentary seat in the 2007 general elections to represent the people of Saboti. Chebukati lost in the elections and from then went on to resign from his life-long membership to Hon. Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement. Chebukati has since then affirmed his non-affiliation to any political party despite some analysts citing his likely bias towards the Building Bridges Initiative.  

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Chebukati took up his position as the IEBC chairman in 2017. He was placed in charge of ensuring that the country would undertake a free, fair, and credible general election. He worked with IEBC commissioners in the elections which later on had to be repeated for the presidential seat. Mr. Chebukati is currently tasked with establishing new systems and improving existing ones in preparation for the highly anticipated 2022 general elections. 

Wafula Chebukati Family, Wife and Children

Wafula W. Chebukati is an avid golf player being a member of the Kenya Golfing Society. He has also held leadership positions in the golf clubs of Nyali and Mombasa. The IEBC boss keeps details on his family away from the public and private. Mr. Chebukati is however married and has children.  

Real Name	Wafula Wanyonyi Chebukati
Age	61 (As of 2022)
Nationality	Kenyan
Tribe	Luhya
Education Level	Master’s Degree
Place of Birth	Kiminini, Trans Nzoia
Birth Sign	Capricorn
Year of Birth	22nd December 1961
Religion	Christian
Spouse	Mrs Chebukati
Children	Unknown
Profession/Career	IEBC Chairperson
Net Worth	Approx. 250 million

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 Introduction to Html

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, which is the most widely used language on Web to develop web pages. HTML was created by Berners-Lee in late 1991 but "HTML 2.0" was the first standard HTML specification which was published in 1995. HTML 4.01 was a major version of HTML and it was published in late 1999. Though HTML 4.01 version is widely used but currently we are having HTML-5 version which is an extension to HTML 4.01, and this version was published in 2012.

Why to Learn HTML?

Originally, HTML was developed with the intent of defining the structure of documents like headings, paragraphs, lists, and so forth to facilitate the sharing of scientific information between researchers. Now, HTML is being widely used to format web pages with the help of different tags available in HTML language.

HTML is a MUST for students and working professionals to become a great Software Engineer specially when they are working in Web Development Domain. I will list down some of the key advantages of learning HTML:

• Create Web site - You can create a website or customize an existing web template if you know HTML well.

• Become a web designer - If you want to start a carrer as a professional web designer, HTML and CSS designing is a must skill.

• Understand web - If you want to optimize your website, to boost its speed and performance, it is good to know HTML to yield best results.

• Learn other languages - Once you understands the basic of HTML then other related technologies like javascript, php, or angular are become easier to understand.

Hello World using HTML.

Just to give you a little excitement about HTML, I'm going to give you a small conventional HTML Hello World program, You can try it using Demo link.

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>This is document title</title>
   </head>	
   <body>
      <h1>This is a heading</h1>
      <p>Hello World!</p>
   </body>	
</html>

Applications of HTML

As mentioned before, HTML is one of the most widely used language over the web. I'm going to list few of them here:

• Web pages development - HTML is used to create pages which are rendered over the web. Almost every page of web is having html tags in it to render its details in browser.

• Internet Navigation - HTML provides tags which are used to navigate from one page to another and is heavily used in internet navigation.

• Responsive UI - HTML pages now-a-days works well on all platform, mobile, tabs, desktop or laptops owing to responsive design strategy.

• Offline support HTML pages once loaded can be made available offline on the machine without any need of internet.

• Game development- HTML5 has native support for rich experience and is now useful in gaming developent arena as well.

Audience

This HTML tutorial is designed for the aspiring Web Designers and Developers with a need to understand the HTML in enough detail along with its simple overview, and practical examples. This tutorial will give you enough ingredients to start with HTML from where you can take yourself at higher level of expertise.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial you should have a basic working knowledge with Windows or Linux operating system, additionally you must be familiar with −

• Experience with any text editor like notepad, notepad++, or Edit plus etc.
• How to create directories and files on your computer.
• How to navigate through different directories.
• How to type content in a file and save them on a computer.
• Understanding about images in different formats like JPEG, PNG format.
• 
  

• HTML - Overview 

HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language, and it is the most widely used language to write Web Pages.

Hypertext refers to the way in which Web pages (HTML documents) are linked together. Thus, the link available on a webpage is called Hypertext.

As its name suggests, HTML is a Markup Language which means you use HTML to simply "mark-up" a text document with tags that tell a Web browser how to structure it to display.

Originally, HTML was developed with the intent of defining the structure of documents like headings, paragraphs, lists, and so forth to facilitate the sharing of scientific information between researchers.

Now, HTML is being widely used to format web pages with the help of different tags available in HTML language.

Basic HTML Document

In its simplest form, following is an example of an HTML document −

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

   <head>

      <title>This is document title</title>

   </head>

   <body>

      <h1>This is a heading</h1>

      <p>Document content goes here.....</p>

   </body>

</html>

HTML Tags

As told earlier, HTML is a markup language and makes use of various tags to format the content. 

These tags are enclosed within angle braces <Tag Name>. Except few tags, most of the tags have their corresponding closing tags. For example, <html> has its closing tag </html> and <body> tag has its closing tag </body> tag etc.

Above example of HTML document uses the following tags −

Tag & Description

1 <!DOCTYPE...>

This tag defines the document type and HTML version.

2 <html>

This tag encloses the complete HTML document and mainly comprises of document header which is represented by <head>...</head> and document body which is represented by <body>...</body> tags.

3 <head>

This tag represents the document's header which can keep other HTML tags like <title>, <link> etc.

4 <title>

The <title> tag is used inside the <head> tag to mention the document title.

5 <body>

This tag represents the document's body which keeps other HTML tags like <h1>, <div>, <p> etc.

6 <h1>

This tag represents the heading.

7 <p>

This tag represents a paragraph.

To learn HTML, you will need to study various tags and understand how they behave, while formatting a textual document. Learning HTML is simple as users have to learn the usage of different tags in order to format the text or images to make a beautiful webpage.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommends to use lowercase tags starting from HTML 4.

HTML Document Structure

A typical HTML document will have the following structure −

<html>

   <head>

      Document header related tags

   </head>

   <body>

      Document body related tags

   </body>

</html>

We will study all the header and body tags in subsequent chapters, but for now let's see what is document declaration tag.

The <!DOCTYPE> Declaration

The <!DOCTYPE> declaration tag is used by the web browser to understand the version of the HTML used in the document. Current version of HTML is 5 and it makes use of the following declaration −

<!DOCTYPE html>

There are many other declaration types which can be used in HTML document depending on what version of HTML is being used. We will see more details on this while discussing <!DOCTYPE...> tag along with other HTML tags

HTML - Basic Tags  

Heading Tags

Any document starts with a heading. You can use different sizes for your headings. HTML also has six levels of headings, which use the elements <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, and <h6>. While displaying any heading, browser adds one line before and one line after that heading.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

   <head>

      <title>Heading Example</title>

   </head>

   <body>

      <h1>This is heading 1</h1>

      <h2>This is heading 2</h2>

      <h3>This is heading 3</h3>

      <h4>This is heading 4</h4>

      <h5>This is heading 5</h5>

      <h6>This is heading 6</h6>

   </body>

</html>

This will produce the following result −

Paragraph Tag

The <p> tag offers a way to structure your text into different paragraphs. Each paragraph of text should go in between an opening <p> and a closing </p> tag as shown below in the example −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

   <head>

      <title>Paragraph Example</title>

   </head>

   <body>

      <p>Here is a first paragraph of text.</p>

      <p>Here is a second paragraph of text.</p>

      <p>Here is a third paragraph of text.</p>

   </body> 

</html>

This will produce the following result −

Line Break Tag

Whenever you use the <br /> element, anything following it starts from the next line. This tag is an example of an empty element, where you do not need opening and closing tags, as there is nothing to go in between them.

The <br /> tag has a space between the characters br and the forward slash. If you omit this space, older browsers will have trouble rendering the line break, while if you miss the forward slash character and just use <br> it is not valid in XHTML.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

   <head>

      <title>Line Break  Example</title>

   </head>

   <body>

      <p>Hello<br />

         You delivered your assignment ontime.<br />

         Thanks<br />

         Mahnaz</p>

   </body>

</html>

This will produce the following result −

Centering Content

You can use <center> tag to put any content in the center of the page or any table cell.

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

   <head>

      <title>Centring Content Example</title>

   </head>

   <body>

      <p>This text is not in the center.</p>

      

      <center>

         <p>This text is in the center.</p>

      </center>

   </body>

</html>

This will produce following result −

Horizontal Lines

Horizontal lines are used to visually break-up sections of a document. The <hr> tag creates a line from the current position in the document to the right margin and breaks the line accordingly.

For example, you may want to give a line between two paragraphs as in the given example below −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

   <head>

      <title>Horizontal Line Example</title>

   </head>

   <body>

      <p>This is paragraph one and should be on top</p>

      <hr />

      <p>This is paragraph two and should be at bottom</p>

   </body>

</html>

This will produce the following result −

Again <hr /> tag is an example of the empty element, where you do not need opening and closing tags, as there is nothing to go in between them.

The <hr /> element has a space between the characters hr and the forward slash. If you omit this space, older browsers will have trouble rendering the horizontal line, while if you miss the forward slash character and just use <hr> it is not valid in XHTML

Preserve Formatting

Sometimes, you want your text to follow the exact format of how it is written in the HTML document. In these cases, you can use the preformatted tag <pre>.

Any text between the opening <pre> tag and the closing </pre> tag will preserve the formatting of the source document.

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

   <head>

      <title>Preserve Formatting Example</title>

   </head>

   <body>

      <pre>

         function testFunction( strText ){

            alert (strText)

         }

      </pre>

   </body>

</html>

This will produce the following result −

Try using the same code without keeping it inside <pre>...</pre> tags

Nonbreaking Spaces

Suppose you want to use the phrase "12 Angry Men." Here, you would not want a browser to split the "12, Angry" and "Men" across two lines −

An example of this technique appears in the movie "12 Angry Men."

In cases, where you do not want the client browser to break text, you should use a nonbreaking space entity &nbsp; instead of a normal space. For example, when coding the "12 Angry Men" in a paragraph, you should use something similar to the following code −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

   <head>

      <title>Nonbreaking Spaces Example</title>

   </head>

   <body>

      <p>An example of this technique appears in the movie "12&nbsp;Angry&nbsp;Men."</p>

   </body>

</Html>

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The Wealthiest person in the world 2022

  What is the Relation between the Current Most wealthiest people and ICT?

Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $224 billion.

Behind Musk is the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, with an estimated net worth of $144 billion.

Billionaires with the largest increases in their wealth in 2021 included Musk, LVMH Chair and CEO Bernard Arnault, Google co-founder Larry Page, and L'Oreal heir Francoise Bettencourt Meyers.

Six of the top 10 billionaires made their fortunes in technology, with Arnault, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett, Adani Group founder Gautam Adani, and Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries being the exceptions.

Stay informed and Updated Technically. Below is the list of the world wealthiest people.

    1. Elon Musk

Age: 50

Residence: Texas

Co-founder and CEO: Tesla

Net Worth: $224 billion

Tesla Ownership Stake: 16% ($107 billion)

Other Assets: Space Exploration Technologies ($40.3 billion private asset), The Boring Company ($3.4 billion private asset), Twitter ($2.9 billion public asset), $11.3 billion in cash

Elon Musk was born in South Africa and attended a university in Canada before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned bachelor's degrees in physics and economics. Two days after enrolling in a graduate physics program at Stanford University, Musk deferred attendance to launch Zip2, one of the earliest online navigation services. He reinvested a portion of the proceeds from this startup to create X.com, the online payment system that was sold to eBay Inc. (EBAY) and ultimately became PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL).

In 2004, Musk became a major funder of Tesla Motors (now Tesla), which led to his current position as CEO of the electric vehicle company.

 In addition to its line of electric automobiles, Tesla also produces energy storage devices, automobile accessories, and, through its acquisition of SolarCity in 2016, solar power systems.

 Musk is also CEO and chief engineer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), a developer of space launch rockets.

In 2020, Tesla shares soared 740% to propel Musk up the wealth rankings. In December 2020, Tesla joined the S&P 500, becoming the largest company added. In January 2021, Musk became the richest person in the world (a title he's held since).

Elon Musk

In a Nov. 6, 2021 tweet, Musk asked his Twitter audience whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock, framing the issue as a response to criticism of unrealized capital gains as a means of avoiding taxes.

 He proceeded to sell shares worth $16.4 billion over the remainder of 2021.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, has cited a media report that Musk paid no income tax for 2018 to argue for the adoption of a wealth tax. "And if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year," Musk responded on Twitter.

Thanks to the surge in Tesla shares in 2021 and private transactions boosting the reported valuation of SpaceX, Musk's lead in the global wealth rankings has continued to grow. His net worth hit a high of $340 billion in November 2021.

In April 2022, Musk began a campaign to take Twitter private, which culminated in a $44 billion buyout. Musk plans to fund the deal with $21 billion of his own capital. In the run up to the buyout announcement, Musk sold 9.6 million shares of Tesla, valued at roughly $8.5 billion

2. Jeff Bezos

Age: 58

Residence: Washington

Founder and Executive Chair: Amazon (AMZN)

Net Worth: $144 billion

Amazon Ownership Stake: 10% ($120 billion)

Other Assets: Blue Origin ($9.15 billion private asset), The Washington Post ($250 million private asset), and $14.9 billion in cash

In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in a garage in Seattle, shortly after he resigned from the hedge fund giant D.E. Shaw.

 He had originally pitched the idea of an online bookstore to his former boss David E. Shaw, who wasn’t interested.

Though Amazon.com originally started out selling books, it has since morphed into a one-stop shop for everything under the sun and is arguably the world’s largest retailer. Amazon's pattern of constant diversification is evident in some of its unexpected expansions, which include acquiring Whole Foods in 2017 and entering the pharmacy business the same year.

Bezos owned as much as 16% of Amazon in 2019 before transferring 4% to former wife MacKenzie Scott as part of the divorce proceedings. In 2020, Amazon’s share price jumped 76% on the heightened demand for online shopping amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 5, 2021, Bezos stepped down as CEO of the e-commerce giant, becoming its executive chair

Jeff Bezos

Bezos originally took Amazon public in 1997 and went on to become the first man since Bill Gates in 1999 to achieve a net worth of more than $100 billion.

 Bezos’ other projects include aerospace company Blue Origin, The Washington Post (which he purchased in 2013), and the 10,000-year clock—also known as the Long Now.

On July 20, 2021, Bezos, his brother Mark, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and Dutch student Oliver Daemen completed Blue Origin's first successful crewed flight, reaching an altitude of more than 66 miles before landing safely. Bezos' wealth peaked at $211 billion in the same month.

3. Bernard Arnault

Age: 73

Residence: Paris, France

CEO and Chair: LVMH (LVMUY)

Net Worth: $136 billion

Christian Dior Ownership Stake: 97.5% ($110 billion total)

Other Assets: Moelis & Company equity ($20.2 billion public asset), Hermès equity (undisclosed stake), and $11.1 billion in cash

French national Bernard Arnault is the chair and CEO of LVMH, the world’s largest luxury goods company. LVMH owns brands including Louis Vuitton, Hennessey, Marc Jacobs, and Sephora.

Most of Arnault's wealth comes from his massive stake in Christian Dior SE, the holding company that controls 41.3% of LVMH.

 His shares in Christian Dior SE, plus an additional 6.2% in LVMH, are held through his family-owned holding company, Groupe Familial Arnault.

An engineer by training, Arnault first showed his business acumen while working for his father’s construction firm, Ferret-Savinel, taking charge of the company in 1971. He converted Ferret-Savinel to a real estate company named Férinel Inc. in 1979.

Bernard Arnault

Arnault remained Férinel's chair for another six years, until he acquired and reorganized luxury goods maker Financière Agache in 1984, eventually selling all its holdings other than Christian Dior and Le Bon Marché.

 He was invited to invest in LVMH in 1987 and became the majority shareholder, chair of the board, and CEO of the company two years later.

4. Bill Gates

Age: 66

Residence: Washington

Co-founder: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)

Net Worth: $123 billion

Microsoft Ownership Stake: 1.3% ($28 billion)

Other Assets: Cascade Investment LLC ($53.4 billion public assets), $56.6 billion in cash

While attending Harvard University in 1975, Bill Gates went to work alongside his childhood friend Paul Allen to develop new software for the original microcomputers. Following this project’s success, Gates dropped out of Harvard during his junior year and went on to found Microsoft with Allen.

The largest software company in the world, Microsoft also produces its line of personal computers, publishes books through Microsoft Press, provides email services through its Exchange server, and sells video game systems and associated peripheral devices.

 Originally Microsoft's chief software architect, Gates shifted to the role of board chair in 2008. He had joined Berkshire Hathaway’s board in 2004.

 He stepped down from both boards on March 13, 2020.

Bill Gates has much of his net worth in Cascade Investment LLC. Cascade is a privately-held investment vehicle that owns a variety of stocks including Canadian National Railway (CNR), Deere (DE), and Republic Services (RSG), as well as private investments in real estate and energy.

    Bill Gates

In 2000, Gates' two philanthropic organizations—the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation—merged to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, still co-chaired by Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates.

 Through the foundation, they have spent billions to fight polio and malaria.

 The foundation pledged $50 million in 2014 to help fight Ebola.

 As of 2021, the foundation had spent more than $1.9 billion to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2010, alongside Warren Buffett, Bill Gates launched the Giving Pledge, a campaign encouraging the wealthy to commit to donating most of their wealth to philanthropic causes.

 Bill and Melinda French Gates divorced on Aug. 2, 2021.

 With the divorce, roughly $5 billion in equities were transferred to French Gates.

 Bill Gates is also largest private owner of farmland in the U.S. with over 268,000 acres.

5. Warren Buffett

Age: 91

Residence: Nebraska

CEO: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)

Net Worth: $114 billion

Berkshire Hathaway Ownership Stake: 16% ($113 billion)

Other Assets: $1.1 billion in cash

The most famous living value investor, Warren Buffett filed his first tax return in 1944 at age 14, declaring earnings from his boyhood paper route.

 He first bought shares in a textile company called Berkshire Hathaway in 1962, becoming the majority shareholder by 1965. He expanded the company to insurance and other investments in 1967. Now Berkshire Hathaway is a $705 billion-dollar market cap company, with a single share of stock (Class A shares) trading at more than $481,000 as of May 5, 2022

Widely known as the "Oracle of Omaha," Buffett is a buy-and-hold investor who built his fortune by acquiring undervalued companies.

 More recently, Berkshire Hathaway has invested in large, well-known companies.

 Its portfolio of wholly owned subsidiaries includes interests in insurance, energy distribution, and railroads as well as consumer products.

 Buffett is a noted Bitcoin skeptic.

Warren Buffett.

Buffett has dedicated much of his wealth to philanthropy. Between 2006 and 2020, he gave away $41 billion—mostly to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and his children’s charities.

 Buffett launched the Giving Pledge alongside Bill Gates in 2010.

Buffett, 91 years old, still serves as CEO, but in 2021 he hinted at who might be his successor—Gregory Abel. Abel is the head of Berkshire’s non-insurance operations.

6. Larry Page

Age: 49

Residence: California

Co-founder and Board Member: Alphabet (GOOG)

Net Worth: $103 billion

Alphabet Ownership Stake: 6% ($88.8 billion total)

Other Assets: $14.6 billion in cash

Like several tech billionaires on this list, Larry Page embarked on his path to fame and fortune in a college dorm room. While attending Stanford University in 1995, Page and his friend Sergey Brin came up with the idea of improving internet data extraction. The duo devised a new search engine technology they dubbed "Backrub," named after its ability to analyze "backing links." From there, Page and Brin went on to found Google in 1998, with Page serving as CEO of the company until 2001, and again between 2011 and 2019.

Google is the dominant internet search engine, accounting for more than 92% of global search requests.

 In 2006, the company purchased YouTube, the top platform for user-submitted videos.

 After acquiring Android, Inc. in 2005, Google released the Android mobile phone operating system in 2008.

 Google reorganized in 2015, becoming a subsidiary of Alphabet, a holding company.

Larry Page

Page was among early investors in Planetary Resources, a space exploration and asteroid-mining company. Established in 2009, the company was acquired by blockchain firm ConsenSys in 2018 amid funding problems.

He has also shown an interest in "flying car" companies, investing in both Kitty Hawk and Opener. Shares of Google soared almost 50% in 2021, moving Page and Brin up the billionaire list. Page's net worth went from just below $52 billion in March 2020 to the current $105 billion.

7. Sergey Brin

Age: 48

Residence: California

Co-founder and Board Member: Alphabet (GOOG)

Net Worth: $99.1 billion

Alphabet Ownership Stake: 6% ($84.4 billion total)

Other Assets: $14.8 billion in cash

Sergey Brin was born in Moscow, Russia, moving to the U.S. with his family as a 6-year-old in 1979. After co-founding Google with Larry Page in 1998, Brin became Google's president of technology when Eric Schmidt took over as CEO in 2001. He held the same post at the Alphabet holding company after it was established in 2015, stepping down in 2019 when Sundar Pichai took over as CEO.

In addition to its dominant internet search engine, Google offers a suite of online tools and services known as Google Workspace, which includes Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Meet, Google Chat, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and more.

 Google also offers a variety of electronic devices, including Pixel smartphones, computers, and tablets, Nest smart home devices, and Stadia gaming platform.

Sergey Brin

Image courtesy Getty Images/Tim Mosenfelder.

Brin spent much of 2019 focusing on X, Alphabet’s research laboratory responsible for innovative technologies like Waymo self-driving cars and Google Glass smart glasses.

 He has also donated millions of dollars to Parkinson’s disease research, partnering with The Michael J. Fox Foundation.

8. Gautam Adani

Age: 59

Residence: Gurgaon, India

Founder and Chair: Adani Group

Net Worth: $98.1 billion

Adani Enterprises, Power. and Transmissions Ownership Stakes: 75% each ($51.1 billion)

Other Assets: 65% of Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone ($11.3 billion public asset), 61% of Adani Green Energy ($23.1 billion public asset), 37% of Adani Total Gas ($12.7 billion public asset)

Gautam Adani, the founder of Adani Group, surpassed Mukesh Ambani in March 2022 as the richest person in Asia. Adani, via his ownership of Adani Group, owns major stakes in six key Indian companies, including a 75% stake in Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, and Adani Transmissions, as well as a 65% stake in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone, 61% stake in Adani Green Energy, and 37% stake in Adani Total Gas.

The combined market cap of companies owned by the Adani Group is $174 billion (as of June 1, 2022). Adani entered the power generation market in 2009 with Adani Power. Adani created Adani Enterprises in 1988 to import and export commodities. In 1994, his company was granted approval to develop a harbor facility at Mundra Port, which is now the largest private port in India

Adani dropped out of college and previously worked in the diamond trade. Now, Adani has the largest port operator, closely-held thermal coal producer, and coal trader in India. In 2020, he purchased a 74% stake in the second-busiest airport in India, Mumbai International Airport. The billionaire was kidnapped and held for ransom in 1997. Adani was also in Mumbai’s Taj hotel during the 2008 terrorist attack.

9. Mukesh Ambani

Age: 65

Residence: Mumbai, India

Chair and Managing Director: Reliance Industries

Net Worth: $96.0 billion

Reliance Industries Ownership Stake: 42% ($96.5 billion)

Other Assets: Mumbai residential property ($410 million private asset)

Mukesh Ambani was born in British-controlled Yemen, the son of a trading company clerk. The following year, his father, Dhirubhai Ambani, moved back to India, settling with his family in a two-room Mumbai apartment and starting a spice trading business. Dhirubhai Ambani opened his first textile mill in 1966; his company, Reliance Industries, was listed on the Mumbai stock exchange in 1977 and has since acquired a large and loyal following of shareholders.

Mukesh Ambani earned a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Mumbai. He has been a member of Reliance's board of directors since 1977.

Mukesh Ambani entered Stanford University in 1979 to pursue a master's in business administration but left without that degree in 1981, returning to India to oversee Reliance's expansion into petrochemicals, oil refining, and oil and gas drilling.

After Dhirubhai Ambani suffered a stroke and died in 2002, Mukesh Ambani assumed joint leadership of Reliance with his brother Anil. As the brothers fought for control, their mother brokered a 2005 settlement splitting the company, with Mukesh retaining the refining, petrochemicals, oil and gas, and textile operations while Anil's group took charge of Reliance's telecom, power, entertainment, and financial services assets.

The feuding continued until 2010 when the brothers settled a legal dispute over natural gas and dissolved the non-compete agreements included in the 2005 settlement. In 2013, Mukesh and Anil Ambani seemingly buried the hatchet with the first deal between subsidiaries of their respective companies, a $220 million pact to share a fiberoptic network.

Under Mukesh Ambani's leadership, Reliance Industries has expanded into retail and telecommunications. Two Indian publications named him the world's richest man in 2007.

 Ambani is a member of the board of the World Economic Forum.

 In 2010, he founded Reliance Foundation on behalf of his company to promote rural development, health, and education.

Mukesh Ambani

Ambani lives with his wife, three children, and mother in a 27-story Mumbai mansion he built. The building has three helipads and three floors of gardens. In 2020, Ambani announced a $66.7 million donation to the government's COVID-19 fund after a video of him ringing a bell from the mansion's balcony to thank healthcare workers prompted critics on social media to complain that he hadn't provided enough aid in the pandemic.

10. Steve Ballmer

Age: 66

Residence: Washington

Owner: Los Angeles Clippers

Net Worth: $95.9 billion

Microsoft Ownership Stake: 4% ($86.8 billion total)

Other Assets: Los Angeles Clippers ($3.16 billion private asset), $6.0 billion in cash

Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 after Bill Gates convinced him to drop out of Stanford University's MBA program. He was Microsoft's 30th employee. Ballmer went on to succeed Gates as Microsoft CEO in 2000. He held the position until stepping down in 2014. Ballmer oversaw Microsoft's 2011 purchase of Skype for $8.5 billion.

Ballmer owns an estimated 4% of Microsoft, making him the software giant's largest individual shareholder. In 2014, shortly after stepping down as Microsoft CEO, Ballmer purchased the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team for $2 billion.

Steve Ballmer

Ballmer lived in the same dorm and on the same floor as Bill Gates while the two attended Harvard University. The "brotherly" relationship between the two became strained when Ballmer started pushing the tech company into hardware, such as the Surface tablet and the Windows mobile phone, during his tenure as CEO.

The Bottom Line

    If you want to get a little closer to making the richest billionaires rankings, you might need to become a technological innovator or luxury retail mastermind. Or you could keep it simple and focus on value investing. It also wouldn’t hurt to have been born to wealth. However, the greatest fortunes on this list started as good ideas that people with creativity, drive, and connections used to build some of the world's largest companies.

    Based on my research, it's evidenced that Among The top 10 wealthiest 6 are running Companies related to ICT innovations and Technological developments while the others effectively utelized ICT and management and running of their organization for the best Output.

Now it's our core mandate to build a strong foundation on ICT innovations for our children.

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Parenting Role in Child's Bright Future

What is the Major Role of Parents in Child's Growth and Development.

 How do Parents Impacts on Child Developments.

How as a Parent or Guardian Contribute towards Brighter Future of their Child?

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Parenting has  great impact on child Growth and Development. Many research on Parenting have been done. Based on these previous researches , parents or Guardians have great impact on child either positively or negatively.  However do you think Parents financial status impacts child's future life?

Our findings suggest that an important answer to the question ‘What can parents do to enhance the financial well-being of their children?’ is to provide children with adequate levels of parental love and nurturance,” he said. “Indeed, our findings suggest that the higher the level of love and nurturance that parents provide to their children, the better their children’s future financial health will be.”

According to his research, not only does parental love matter for the healthy psychological development of children and for the quality of their social life — but it also matters for their future financial discipline, and this is true cross-culturally. 

As Parents on this Digital era, how can we build our children Future Financially?

ICT as the Key for child brighter Future

ICT Innovations and Technological developments has greatly Impacted on the way we live in all aspects of life. It has impacted on Employment where new jobs are created, enhanced quality ofproduction in Industries , effective communication and better management of businesses . 

How do  ensure our younger children are well prepared for this Dynamic and demanding Future life?

The Solution is to Ensure our children have vast knowledge on ICT innovations and Invention and also Technological developments and advancement.

But how?

Ensure chicken have access to ICT Data Terminal Equipment's. Like Desktop computer, laptops, smart phones or Television.

Enroll our children on Coding Classes where they can learn Basics Coding or Programming skills.

All Parents will be happy if their child excel in his/her future life. Let invest in our children in successful fields. ICT Field is the most paying field which can grantees better future. For example,

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Why Coding Classes for your child is crucial

 What is coding?

Programmers define coding as, ‘The process of writing code and then assembling it to form programs. These programs can be performed by a code reader or a computer and these have both, a set of functions or a specific function.

WHAT IS CODING FOR KIDS?

Coding for kids refers to the opportunities available for children to get involved in coding. These opportunities aim to be fun and gamified to keep kids' young minds engaged. You might also hear coding referred to as "programming," or "computer programming."

Introduction to Programming for Kids

Introduction to Coding for Kids is a coding curriculum designed by our curriculum experts for teaching basic coding to kids.

The curriculum has been designed to introduce students to programming with our Scratch code blocks based graphical programming software, PictoBlox through coding activities for middle school such as animating characters, drawing shapes, making an automatic grading system, etc.

With its clear explanations and a variety of exciting coding activities for kids, Introduction to Coding for Kids will help students develop basic coding skills.

Learning Outcomes

After completing Introduction to Programming, students will become familiar with programming basics, algorithms, logical reasoning, and conditional programming with the help of a variety of coding activities.

Apart from the aforementioned learning outcomes, this STEM curriculum will also help them develop skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, and teamwork.

And while it is difficult to imagine a child learning something so complex, coding can be a reality for kids thanks to the many coding summer camps, websites, coding tutors, after-school programs, and toys.

Coding is not always the typical "computer science" that you or your children might instinctively avoid.

In fact, coding is simply how we communicate with computers, and what we use to build and run websites, apps, games, and more. 

This communication is carried out via a number of different languages, including:

1. Scratch: A visual, drag-and-drop coding experience
2. Python: Easy-to-read code that is great for beginners
3. Java: The language tested with the AP Computer Science exam
4. C++: Which is used to create software, code games, and more

HOW TO GET YOUR CHILD TO CODE?

Getting your child to code can take one of many paths. 

So, let’s start by focusing on moving one direction—forward. It doesn’t have to be a giant leap, and you don't have to be the one tasked with teaching coding. In fact, per the above, it should really only be a small step for now, and you can utilize a number of different resources to assist.

The important thing is that with each move, your child experiences progress.

So, we are going to navigate this coding landscape through the various topics:

1. Why kids should learn coding
2. Coding definitions
3. Best coding languages
4. Kid coder success stories

IS CODING GOOD FOR KIDS?

Time has passed since the idea of coding for kids started to really gain traction, yet we are still seeing STEM education stats like by 2025, 3.5 million STEM jobs will go unfilled. And others like 71% of all new jobs in STEM are in computing, but only 8% of STEM graduates are in Computer Science. People are still wondering if coding is hard to learn.

In other words, there are computer science jobs, lots of them—and jobs that pay very well.

What makes this even better is that it’s not just the jobs (this would be a much shorter blog post if that were the case). But also the creativity, problem solving, collaboration, communication, and other skills ripe for improvement as byproducts of kids learning to code.

Positive Impacts on Learners Enrolled in Coding Classes or Courses?

• Coders are in high demand
• Coding provides a competitive advantage
• Coding knowledge allows students better understand the world
• Coding is fun and satisfying
• Coding improves creativity
• Coding improves problem solving
• Coding improves persistence
• Coding improves collaboration
• Coding improves communication

WHY IS CODING IMPORTANT? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

Here is an explanation of the different reasons why coding is important. 

1. Coders are in high demand

As mentioned, according to Code.org, 67% of all new STEM jobs are in computing, yet only 11% of STEM graduates are in Computer Science. That’s a serious shortage of CS majors.

2. Coding provides a competitive advantage when applying to colleges, internships, and jobs

If you possess a hot skill that many of your peers lack–such as the ability to code–you instantly appear more desirable in the eyes of potential college admissions officers and employers. Plain and simple.

3. With coding knowledge, students better understand the world around them

Most of us don’t know the first thing about what makes our smartphones, laptops, social media networks, and video games run. Basic programming knowledge can change the way we interact with the technologies we use (and take for granted) daily, and can open our eyes to the infinite possibilities of coding.

4. Coding is fun and satisfying

While programming is logic-based, it’s also an extremely creative activity. If you have the skills, you can develop the aforementioned apps, code games, websites, and more!

For many developers, part of the appeal of coding is the challenge and reward of seeing their code come to life after a good debugging session. Don’t be fooled, however–with the right instruction, getting started with programming can be easy and fun.

5. Coding improves creativity

When you learn a language, you use it to express yourself. The same is true with code. Computer coding empowers kids to not only consume digital media and technology, but to create it. Instead of simply playing a video game or using an app, they can imagine making their own video game, or envision what their own website, or app might look like—and they’ll have the outlet for expression.

Thus, it's not always about the benefits directly related to computer science. As the above has shown and below will show, there are plenty of benefits that stem from getting involved with and taking an interest in coding. 

6. Coding improves problem solving

When kids code, they take complex problems and break them down into smaller parts.

Kids learn what it’s like to approach a problem the way a software engineer does, with logical, computational thinking.

As Dan Crow, CTO of SongKick explains, “Computational thinking teaches you how to tackle large problems by breaking them down into a sequence of smaller, more manageable problems.”

This logical thinking is a powerful tool in school, work, and life.

7. Coding improves persistence

Learning to code, like any new discipline, is a challenge. Thus, tackling complex problems—and making mistakes along the way—can be very frustrating.

Coding teaches the valuable skill of persistence in the face of such challenges. Learning how to problem solve and look for solutions through research and collaboration builds this highly desirable skill.

8. Coding improves collaboration

Every student can learn, and every student can learn how to code—kids can learn alongside others of every race, gender, or background. Kids meet and learn how to collaborate with all kinds of peers, all joined by a common interest in technology.

Classrooms and other in-person environments, like iD Tech, bring kids together for face-to-face collaboration. Kids learning online can also grow, asking each other questions, and working to solve problems and create things together.

Many games, like Minecraft, are also considered "good for you" because they offer a bevy of educational benefits, and involve coding, collaboration, and participation—with peers all over the world.

9. Coding improves communication

Communication is an absolutely essential skill throughout school, work, and life. People who can clearly communicate complex ideas in simple terms tend to be successful in different industries and walks of life.

When kids learn how to code, they learn how to communicate with the most simple-minded audience imaginable: computers. As mentioned, computer coding teaches kids how to break down complex ideas and arrange them in a way that computers can understand.

But with all of that, proceed with caution…

At this point, you still might have a number of questions:

What if my child doesn’t want to learn to code, specifically? Does that make them a failure?

Will they not have the chance to secure a cool internship down the road? A worthwhile job?

What if they want to learn to just “tech” instead? Is that a viable option?

What if they want to learn X? Or Y? Or Z? Will those things count in the future?

Likewise, if they only learned to code, and nothing else, would that take them to the top?

So, let me wrap up this section by saying me or whomever else urging you to “learn to code” is probably not doing so with the intent of the statement to be so exclusive.

I mean, you would never be encouraged to read, but not write. Or to learn your multiplication tables while throwing division out the window. Facebook was created by a programmer, but what would it be without design?

So, by all means, if you have a kid with a coding interest, then yes, help them to LEARN. TO. CODE. If they don’t have an interest, have never coded, and have other interests, still consider it, though. It’s that important, and you’ll be glad you at least gave it a chance.

But in the process, don’t forget about the other things. Help them learn to “tech,” and explore game development possibilities, 3D printing, or video production if that's what better suits them. Immerse in photography if that's truly what they want to do as a hobby or even a future career.

Have them get skilled in marketing, negotiation, promotion, and more… or learn how to become a leader. There is a list of learning opportunities, and that list goes on and on. Coding can take you far, but you must also possess the complementary skills to make your creations thrive.

One of the most amazing things you’ll ever hear is that Steve Jobs didn’t code for Apple. Ever.

Can you believe that? If I asked you whether or not Steve Jobs was successful, you’d turn around and ask me if the sky was blue or if grass was green.

Jobs was one of the most successful people to roam the earth… not because he was a supreme coder, but because he knew enough to communicate a vision, and was wildly skilled elsewhere.

In the end, kids and teens who want to capitalize on the abundance of computer science jobs in tomorrow’s landscape should be taking coding courses today.

Before all of that, let's take a look at some definitions. 

WHAT ARE SOME DEFINITIONS TO HELP UNDERSTANDING?

Learning a new language is difficult because without meaning, words are just random combinations of letters.

Thus, it’s not enough to just be able to pronounce something—you need to be able to understand what each and every word means in order to form a logical statement.

So, let’s dive into a few of the major terms your kids and teens are likely to encounter as they first embark upon their coding journey.

“Programming”

Does your son or daughter have a dog? Has your family tried to train that dog?

The goal being, of course, is that you reach a point where you give a command and the dog responds appropriately based on your instruction. “Sit.” “Stay.” “Roll over.”

When it comes time for your kids to write a program, or program, they are doing much of the same. They, as the “owner,” are communicating a set of commands to a computer, with the expectation that the computer will respond accordingly.

Of course, the difference here is that, instead of sternly vocalizing those instructions with a liver-flavored treat hidden in their hand, kids will be writing instructions in a programming language that kind of resembles familiar English, but has a few additional parameters and rules.

Yes, training a dog is difficult, but take comfort in the fact that if your child’s programming command is given correctly, the computer will always listen. Success with a dog could hinder on the presence or absence of a nearby, pesky squirrel.

Programming is the foundation of robotics, video games, apps, computer graphics, and much more. And, every one of these programs is a set of instructions; a sequence of short commands, one after another, with programming used as the tool to write and disseminate those individual instructions.

“Programming language”

Based on the above, the crux of programming is the associated language. In order to converse with a computer, you need to speak in terms it understands.

First, think about the English language. We have words, but we also have punctuation. There are also different rules and guidelines around when you should use a particular form of a word, and when you should opt for another.

A programming language, then is made up of its own vocabulary and set of rules—the difference is, each language is based on its own unique syntax (grammatical structure) and semantics (meaning).

And yes, “each” language—as in there are multiple programming languages; each with their own rules and use cases.

“Scratch programming”

We started by defining programming, and then talking about what a programming language is.

While there are many, many other coding terms to define, it’s useful to take a look at a term like Scratch programming, that represents a big piece of what your child might encounter as they’re first getting started.

Scratch is a MIT-developed graphical programming language, based on drag-and-drop programming basics so kids can easily create interactive stories, comics, and more.

Scratch programming is popular for kids because instead of using lines of code, youth users learn though colorful command coding blocks and cartoon sprites. This means that without typing a single line of code, kids can get their feet wet with programming statements and computational ideas, and begin to test their limits of creative thinking in order to problem-solve.

Dive deeper: 12 coding definitions every kid (and parent) should know

boy doing scratch programming

WHICH CODING LANGUAGES ARE BEST?

Looking at everything that has been presented above, I hope you’re still at a point of wanting to move forward!

Either way, this is a great place to stop and evaluate, because from here on out we will be diving into the best coding language options for your kids, while also taking a look at a few inspirational stories from kid coders themselves.

Scratch and other visual programming languages

See, I told you Scratch would be coming up again!

Since we already talked about it above, I won’t go into too much additional detail, but really, visual programming is a great way to get a young, inexperienced student into coding.

Sure, such platforms help teach coding but don't get into the syntax necessary in most other coding languages, but that’s OK! This is all about progress; moving forward, remember? Trying to put too much on to your child’s plate typically does more harm than good.

With Scratch and other visual programming, it’s all about the simplicity that gets kids excited about coding. The immediate gratification of dragging and dropping commands and then seeing interactive stories, games, and animations unfold is insanely powerful.

Dive deeper: Scratch summer camp course for kids.

Additional resource: Scratch game tutorial

Lua

While a little more involved and complex than a visual programming option, Lua is still a great programming language for kids and teens who want to pick up a language quickly.

And, I’ll pause here to state that half the battle of getting a child engaged in something new (especially when that something comes with new challenges) is connecting it to already-established interests.

So, do your kids like video games? Lua is a great for students interested in applying their newfound coding skills to game programming. In fact, the number of developers using Lua continues to rise, which translates into job availability down the road. A student equipped with such skills can jump into a variety of career options.

Plus, ever heard of Roblox? Top Lua developers who design games on Roblox can make over $1 million a year! (Learn more about Roblox coding for kids.)

Just to get a taste of what kids can expect, in our Lua classes, students begin with Roblox's built-in editor to create 3D worlds and expand their functionality with Lua. From there, they can create scripts for their own game, or even sell scripts to other designers for use in their games!

Dive deeper: Best kids coding languages and best coding classes for kids. 

AT WHAT AGE CAN KIDS REALLY LEARN CODING SKILLS?

Listen, if you’re feeling a little overwhelmed at this point, I don’t blame you! It’s a lot of info on top of more info, and then some.

So, now is a good time to focus less on telling, and more on showing.

It might be near impossible to think of kids or even teens finding their way…especially to a point where they’ll be equipped with coding skills to perform in a lucrative career.

But like anything, it’s a process. Here at iD Tech, we call it the iD Tech Pathway™, which by definition, is our long-term skill development system that advances campers’ “love and mastery” of technology over time.

But in practice, it’s the idea that, just like learning a foreign language or musical instrument, you’re going to have to dedicate more than one hour of practice. Instead, to achieve “master” status, it’s best to start young and continue to build passions and skills little by little.

Our STEM programs are set up to facilitate such a journey—kids can start as young as 7 or 10-years-old with code lessons and courses in iD Tech Camps or Alexa Café, respectively, and then continue their journey as teens with iD Coding & AI Academy, iD Game Dev Academy, or AcademyNEXT. At the end of it all, they’re in perfect position to continue their pathway into college and then eventually onward to an exciting career.

That said, we have seen students accomplish some incredible things. To help you visualize what jumping into coding can do for your child, here are a few of our favorite kid coder success stories.

Avi Schiffmann created a popular COVID-19 and vaccine tracking website

Avi was seventeen years old when he created a website. And not just any website, but rather one that was lauded as “one of the most vital resources for people seeking accurate and updated numbers on the pandemic.” 

Hundreds of millions of visitors later, the site stood out as a key info source for those needing more info about the pandemic, including the number of cases, and importantly, the number of people who had recovered, along with an interactive map and real-time info. 

While Avi’s story is amazing, we here at iD Tech have even a deeper-rooted interest—Avi is a former iD Tech camper who attended one of our coding programs, focusing on learning Python and more over three different camp sessions. (Read more here.)

Matthew has worked at some of the most prestigious companies in the world

While setting the goal to work at iconic companies like Dropbox, Facebook, and Google could be considered lofty, it’s something Matthew wanted to do for years. Once he set his mind to it, there was no stopping him!

Matthew says that his skill development started at iD Tech Camps and iD Coding & AI Academy, summer programs held at Stanford in the Silicon Valley. The experiences taught him things he hadn’t learned in school, and gave him the opportunity to work with industry-standard software.

He emphasizes the importance of working on projects outside of the classroom. “It doesn’t matter what you develop, as long as it’s technically challenging for you,” says Matthew. “This not only lets you build a strong portfolio, but also provides a solid foundation for passionately answering potential interview questions for your future career.”

And it brings up a great point, and another mark in the column of "why bother?" It's because many school don't teach coding, meaning computer science is still absent. Even when coding curriculum is present, it's tough for students to be able to dive deep enough to make a truly impactful difference. 

Rebecca’s coding achievements were recognized by the White House

This iD Tech alumna was recognized by the White House after founding nonprofit CoderDojo NYC. Now, she's a Program Manager at Microsoft and a powerful advocate for girls in STEM!

“My journey began as a 14-year-old girl at iD Tech Camps in Cambridge, giving me an early chance to explore my passions. Two weeks there changed my life; I was introduced to the idea of technology as a fun and exciting career, and not some lofty idea for engineers hiding in a lab,” Rebecca says.

A self-proclaimed “Jill of all trades,” Rebecca now works as a Program Manager for Microsoft for Tech Jobs Academy, a 16-week technical training program preparing talented New Yorkers for in-demand tech jobs in cloud and server administration.

Dive deeper: Rebecca’s story

Andrew’s apps have surpassed 50,000 downloads in the Apple App Store

This former iD Tech student found initial success selling his nine apps in the Apple App Store. He has since shifted his focus to running his own development companies and doing even more with his coding skills.

You would think that a list of accomplishments as long as Andrew’s would have required years to compile—but this young developer was only in college when he first started seeing success. With nine apps, 50,000 downloads, a class that he developed and taught himself, and many other endeavors, it’s amazing what this former student has achieved. Not to mention that he once thought of programming as “intimidating.”

“Prior to attending iD Coding & AI Academy, I was intimidated by iPhone programming. I had tried to teach myself, but gave up, thinking maybe I wasn’t smart enough to program. Well, after two weeks, I was proven wrong—I left with three completed or in-progress apps.”

HOW DO YOU START TEACHING KIDS TO CODE?

With each of the above examples, success follows a clear process. Sure, some of us are going to be more naturally gifted in certain areas than others, but either way, we all must start at step one.

So, what is that step one when teaching kids to code, or, to introduce kids to coding?

Well, to be honest, what follows isn’t for those who are sitting down at the computer ready to program. There are online coding courses and platforms for that, in person experiences, and more.

Rather, the words below are for those who are interested in learning more; who hear about the importance of coding and want to wrap their minds around what that might mean for their kids.

First, get your kids to start learning. Something. Anything! It doesn't have to be a formal coding program. No tidbit is too small, and the basics like the definitions mentioned above provide a great starting point, 

Next, try and find someone for your child to talk to about what they've learned. That could be you for now, or even a friend. As you can see, this step doesn't require your child talk to someone knowledgeable about coding (but it certainly can be). 

From there, get your kids to do something. Again, small is OK and actually encouraged here. It's best to keep realistic expectations. So, it might only be an intro game or animation with Scratch, and again, totally fine!

It's only after the points above should most kids set their sights on something bigger. Bigger in terms of what they're learning, who they're talking to, and of course, what they're doing. 

The foundational tip through all of this is to try as much as you can to connect the dots between already-established areas of familiarity and coding, so that kids can readily see how different pieces of the world around us fit together and are brought to life through coding.

alexa cafe instructor and student

ANYTHING ELSE?

With all of this, is learning programming really as easy as “learning something,” “talking to someone,” and “doing something” as stated above?

Of course not.

But, for those who have been stymied by just getting up and moving, a set of guidelines so seemingly simple is a great place to get started.

Code is in fact the language of the future, and learning to code, while great to know in itself, also strengthens creativity, problem solving, and a host of other skills.

Thus, the value of learning to code isn't limited to the actual physical act of coding, as it opens doors to a variety of related opportunities as well.

In less words, learning to code is hugely important, and hopefully this guide helps you and your child take a step forward.

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Many iD Tech students are eager to learn—not only because of their interests in technology,  but because many of them still aren’t receiving valuable instruction in subjects like coding with their everyday schooling. They leave their courses or code lessons with new skills, deeper knowledge, and the confidence to go out and do something impactful with what they’ve learned. We’ve seen this happen summer after summer.

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