To get you geared up for the wonderful list of techtivities (tech + activities!) we’ve got for you this month, here’s an interesting tech fact about the month of August! 

Did you know that on August 10, 1966, the first NASA robotic spacecraft to circle the moon was launched?

Aptly named, “Lunar Orbiter I”, it had the mission to take possible landing sites for future Apollo missions (NASA's human and robotic missions to the Moon)!

An artist's concept of NASA's Lunar Orbiter spacecraft at the Moon. Credit: NASA

Now that we’re all warmed up, keep scrolling to discover exciting techtivities that you and your family can indulge in this month! 😉

Upgrade yourself with SkillsFuture Month

Themed “Open new possibilities when you upskill”, the SkillsFuture Month 2021 organised by SkillsFuture Singapore has an exciting line-up of interactive learning events such as webinars, virtual workshops, forums and roadshows. Topics covered include Graphic Design to Data Science, Fintech and even writing basics - all from the experts. No matter what stage you’re at in life right now, you can choose to upskill and expand your career opportunities!

Running from 8 July to 22 August, SkillFuture is the perfect opportunity for you to get a head start on your lifelong journey. It’s truly amazing to see how technology can grant us access to a wealth of knowledge and help us to upskill and better ourselves!

Details:

Dates: 8 July - 22 August 2021

Location: Online and selected physical locations for roadshows

Price: Free

To find out more, click here.

Smart Nation x Coding Lab Coding Workshops for Ages 4-18 (Free!)

Coding Lab is excited to be working with Smart Nation Singapore as part of the #SmartNationTogether2021 series to bring FREE ONLINE coding workshops just for you! 

We’ve got a lineup of fun, 2-hour introductory workshops (for ages 4 to 12) where students get to program a National Day fireworks animation, design a game in Augmented Reality (AR) or even dabble in Machine Learning as we train our computers to recognise if we have our masks on. 

Isn’t it awesome that we can easily learn a new skill all thanks to technology? 😎

Details:

Available dates: 7 & 8 August, 18 September 2021

Location: Online

Price: Free

To find out more, click here.

Watch Coding Bytes - Karate Chop

Coding Lab’s latest video series Coding Bytes is the best way to learn even more programming if you’re looking for something easy and quick to digest! Follow our step-by-step tutorial videos with your little ones by your side and be introduced to the wonderful world of Scratch.

Join Tutor Swetha in the second video of the series - Karate Chop as she teaches us how we can create an exciting game using Augmented Reality! 👩‍💻We’ve got more exciting videos coming right up, so keep your eyes peeled for them and subscribe to our channel for more! We truly hope that you and your child will enjoy creating awesome projects together. 🤗

Details:

Includes: Engaging, fun and quick tutorials on Scratch programming

Watch the series here.

Learning Beautiful's DIY Home Activities Webinar

Learning Beautiful understands the growing need to prepare young children for a future filled with technology. Hence, they’ve prepared a series of wonderful webinars that you can watch to broaden your understanding of computer science! 

They’ve touched on topics like Montessori at Home, Binary and Why it’s Important as well as All About Pixels! The next one that’s coming up is with Kimberly Smith, the Founder of Learning Beautiful on DIY Home Activities! Do join their Facebook live webinar to find out more, and you can even send in your questions and have them answered in real-time!  

Details:

DIY Home Activitiestakes place on Saturday, 7 August 2021 at 10am (Click on 'Going!' if you can make it 😉)

Location: Facebook Live

Price: Free

Includes: Hour-long webinars (recorded)

Watch them here.

Join our Spectacular September Coding Camps!

Our September Holiday Camps are just a month away and they are open for registration! 🤩

We've got something for kids of all ages - from enriching classes for our little Junior Coders (ages 4-6), to starting off with the colourful drag-and-drop Scratch programming (ages 7-9) or App Inventor (ages 10-12), and to getting your basics right with Python Meets Math courses (ages 10-12 and ages 13-18)!

We’ll be sure to deliver our very best so that your child can get the most out of our lessons, be it online or physical. ✨

Details:

Date: 6 to 10 September 2021

Location: Online, Parkway Parade, King Albert Park

Price: From $375.25

To find out more, click here.

If you haven’t seen our previous techtivity recommendations, check out our July #TechtivitiesOfTheMonth, which includes more cool tech-related activities you can do with friends and family!

(Written by Zulaikha)