If you’re teaching Apple’s Swift programming language or learning it yourself, this will come in handy.
Apple on Thursday announced updates to its Swift coding programs and resources for educators and students alike.The Develop in Swift and Everyone Can Code curricula have been given an overhaul. Furthermore, it launched a new professional learning course for Develop in Swift for educators.
The updated curriculum is aimed at both high school and higher education students, has been redesigned based on feedback from educators, and includes the following series of four books:
- Develop in Swift Explorations
- Develop in Swift AP CS Principles
- Develop in Swift Fundamentals
- Develop in Swift Data Collections
The first three of these books are available today for free in Apple Books. The fourth will become available in the fall.
The company has also announced a free new online professional learning course intended for educators. The course will feature help from instructors who teach Swift and Xcode, interested students can sign up today, and the course will be held on July 13 via the Canvas Learning Management System.
Finally, Apple’s new “A Quick Start to Code” is now available to help parents with kids who are home educating their children. The course offers 10 coding challenges for ages 10 and up, and can be run on either iPad or Mac.
Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Markets, Apps, and Services, offered the following comment:
Apple has worked alongside educators for 40 years, and we’re especially proud to see how Develop in Swift and Everyone Can Code have been instrumental in helping teachers and students make an impact in their communities. We’ve seen community college students build food security apps for their campus and watched middle school educators host virtual coding clubs over summer break. As part of our commitment to help expand access to computer science education, we are thrilled to be adding a new professional learning course to help more educators, regardless of their experience, have the opportunity to learn coding and teach the next generation of developers and designers.
If you’ve had a chance to try these new resources out, please let us know about your experience in the comments.
Via The Mac Observer and Apple