Founded in 2011, TechCred is a San Francisco, Bay Area nonprofit dedicated to teaching programming to underserved youth. The curriculum and activities are designed to take a student with basic computer skills and teach them the foundation of computer programming through visual block coding. Computer games are built using Scratch and Android Application are created through MIT APP Inventor, originally created by Google. An interactive hands-on and collaborative program that fosters relationships among peers and mentoring support to not only keep kids engaged but encourage them to engage outside of school and ultimately seek an education and career in Computer Science. The students participate in “A day in College”, a field trip to local colleges to explore the engineering departments, programs, and meet staff members.
Due to a lack of funding in 2013 TechCred halted its operation.
Company Details
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 1971 Visitacion Ave, San Francisco,california 94134,united States
- Industry
- Software Development
- NAICS
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Software Publishers
- Website
- http://www.techcred.org
- HQ
- San Francisco, California
- Competitors
- TechCredz.
Techcred Questions
Techcred's website is http://www.techcred.org
Techcred's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/techcred
Techcred's industry is
Software Development
Techcred's top competitors are
Techcredz.
Techcred's categories are Software Development
Techcred's founding year is 2011
