AIM Institute teamed with Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Council Bluffs, Iowa to host an Hour of Code event Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the school for close to 900 students. Computer coding-related activities sparking creativity and problem-solving skills taught at the event will help introduce students to a rewarding tech career. Hour of Code is […]
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On Friday December 6, over 100 Omaha-area high school students part of AIM’s YouthAcademy Upward Bound and Talent Search programs gathered at the Ashton at Millwork Commons for aday of college and career exploration at the AIM Academies Winter College and CareerFair.At the fair, students received free refurbished Chromebooks generously donated byAT&T and Human I-T. […]
Read MoreGrowing up in a low-income, Spanish-speaking household in South Omaha, Evelyn Espinoza-Macias said she always struggled with a language barrier. Her parents, though supportive, could not speak English or provide the same level of help on schoolwork that many of her peers received. The Latinx young woman remembers spending countless extra hours at school working […]
Read MoreVanessa Kasun is debugging some code. The gregarious AIM Code School instructor is finalizing her presentation for the upcoming Heartland Developers Conference on Sept. 24. The topic? How to build a React app from the ground up. Kasun will take HDC attendees from installation of the Node.js open-source cross-platform Javascript runtime environment to launching a […]
Read MoreThe AIM Institute and Ralston High School have partnered to deliver an online, self-paced course in web development for high schoolers and are celebrating the successful completion of its inaugural run. The course was administered by AIM Code School instructor Vanessa Kasun, who held regular office hours and was available to answer students’ questions. The […]
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