Why Digimaker?
Our Vision
To provide every child a head start in STEM, make programming fun, and create clearer pathways towards life choices and goals.
Digimaker is a trusted private educator, working in collaboration with Victorian schools to ignite children’s passion for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) early in life, through programming.
Why Digimaker?
Today Digimaker’s uniquely designed learning platform has been accepted by over 40 Victorian schools and has successfully taught 5,000+ students.
As founders and accomplished programming professionals with over 25 years’ experience, we understood the benefits of programming as a life skill, not only a vocation.
Our educators are accredited and committed ICT trainers who understand how to bring out the best in young learners. They are all thoroughly checked and approved to be Working with Children in the State of Victoria.
What we do?
Digimaker teaches computer science concepts in a fun and engaging manner to primary and secondary school children, leveraging a range of programming environments namely Scratch, Small Basic, Python and Java-script.
- Develop life Skills
- Creativity
- Logical thinking
- Problem solving
- Learn new things
- Computer science concepts
- Fundamentals of programming
- Loops, Events, Randomness and more
What we do?
We use gamification as a proven method of boosting student engagement, encouraging collaboration and enhancing learning effectiveness because we all know learners learn best when they are having fun.
- Understand coding languages
- Scratch
- Python
- JavaScript and many more
- Make
- Animations
- Games
- Web pages
- Apps
How we work?
Digimaker offers a range of programs to suit every need. Our approach is flexible and accommodates all the learning and operational requirements of students, families, and schools.
Students work at their own pace, always under the watchful eye of a trained ICT educator.
How we work?
Catering to all learning occasions Digimaker provides:
- Co-Curricular Programs
- Extra Curricular Programs
- Incursions
- Holiday Workshops
- Teachers PD
Digimaker term program emphasize computational thinking and follows a structured curriculum where students progress from beginner to advanced level.
Holiday Programs and Incursions allow students to test their curiosities in a safe and controlled environment where they are encouraged with attainable activities to build confidence and skills.
What makes Digimaker so effective?
- Structured program, progressing from computer science introduction to advance concepts
- Focus on concepts rather than on a programming language or tool
- Learning in a collaborative environment builds child’s confidence & engender teamwork
Why get involved?
Digimaker is a great way to help develop a child’s passion for learning, build resilience and enhance problem-solving ability; skills that will serve them a lifetime.
Thousands of Victorian parents are supporting Digimaker right now because they know just how important it is for their children to have options in life and find their passions at a young age.
Parents and students’ want real alternatives to sports and hobbies to stimulate and engage young minds, and programming through Digimaker has proven to be an enormous success in closing the gap.
To learn more send us a note info@digimaker.com.au
- "Programming allows students to build something, unlike other courses which are about memorizing and understanding."
- "Coding is today's language of creativity. All our children deserve a chance to become creators instead consumers of computer science." - maria klawe
- "Programming involves a new way of thinking about problem-solving; it's called computational thinking."
- "Children who learn to program can use it to change the way they learn everything else" - seymour papert
- "All students should have the opportunity to learn how to program. Computer science is the basis of modern day creativity and expression. The computer programmers of tomorrow will revolutionize medicine." - Anne Wojcicki
- "You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity." - John romero
Participating schools
Digimaker is a trusted education partner and has an established school network of more than 40 schools across Melbourne.
