Hacklab Ltd

The HackLab is a Cambridge ‘tech-ed' startup, created to deliver exciting and engaging holiday camps, workshops and in-school events teaching children how to harness the power of technology by understanding how it works from the inside; enabling them to create, rather than merely consume the technology around us. Our aim is to demystify technology for parents, teachers and students in a fun, relatable and no-nonsense manner. We start with the idea that hacking is a good thing: HackLab is a creative learning environment where children are encouraged to embrace their inner hacker – by taking charge of the different technologies we use every day to create solutions and overcome obstacles. Students discover how technology is created through open ended projects utilising the cutting edge Raspberry Pi computer, or should schools prefer, their own Windows /Mac machines. At our holiday camps, students are led through five days of practical, hands on experience with the Raspberry Pi at the Microsoft Research Labs; writing code in 4 separate environments, connecting to devices, lights and switches, creating computer games, music and animated films. By the end of the week, students are confident users of technology who are ready to begin realising their own projects on the Raspberry Pi. All of our in-school Enrichment Days are consistent with the new Computing Curriculum for Key Stage 2, and offer formative assessment opportunities for schools. Our courses provide extending and enriching Computer Science experiences for children in a safe, exciting and technologically immersive environment. We also run weekend workshops allowing parents to get hands-on with technology alongside their children, through fun and challenging projects. Our Whirlwind Workshops are aimed at mitigating the feeling that your kids know more than you do, and can be held practically anywhere!
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Employee Count: 1
Keywords: education management