Yayınlanma Tarihi: 13 July 2015 Monday

Software Training for Children in Sungurlu Vocational School

Software Training for children in primary school was given in collaboration with Sungurlu
 
Vocational School Computer Technology Department and Hitit University Continuing 
 
Education Center (HİTİTSEM). Children took coding training in the computer laboratory of 
 
Sungurlu Vocational School. 
 
Our Rector Prof. Dr. Reha Metin Alkan, Sungurlu District Governor Osman Beyazyıldız, 
 
Sungurlu Deputy Mayor Ahmet Yılmaz, Sungurlu Vocational School Director Asst. Assoc. Dr. 
 
Kubilay Karacif, Sungurlu District Education Director Süleyman Atcıoğlu, HİTİTSEM Director 
 
Asst. Assoc. Dr. Eşref Savaş Başcı, school staff, children having participated in the training 
 
and the parents attended in the certificate ceremony held for the children who completed 
 
the course successfully.
 
Asst. Assoc. Dr. Karacif, ‘Software industry is very important both in economic and 
 
strategic term for our country .’
 
In his speech, Sungurlu Vocational School Director Asst. Assoc. Dr. Kubilay Karacif states that 
 
one billion dollar in 2015 and ten billion dollar in 2023 software export is aimed, the sector's 
 
added value is very high and employment of one million software developers is aimed. 
 
Starting two months ago and completing the first period, the training matches up with the 
 
strategy plan of software industry of our country and thus this is a good job. Asst. Assoc. Dr. 
 
Karacif thanks Rector Prof. Dr. Reha Metin Alkan, Sungurlu Vocational School Computer 
 
Technology Department Head Lec. Abdullah Bedir Kaya, HİTİTSEM Director Asst. Assoc. Dr. 
 
Eşref Savaş Başcı for the support to “Educational Software for Children” programme.
 
Lec. Kaya, ‘Encoding Information is in fact the 21st Century’s Alphabet’
 
Sungurlu Vocational School Computer Technology Department Head Lec. Abdullah Bedir 
 
Kaya says ‘The subject “Software for Kids”has come up frequently in recent years all over the 
 
world. SCRATCH education which is a developed visual programming language in order to 
 
teach basic algorithms and coding to the kids by MIT(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 
 
which is a leading technology university. This education has been given with the 
 
collaboration of Sungurlu Vocational School and HİTİTSEM.’
 
Rector Prof. Dr. Alkan, ‘Universities have turned into the institutions which increase the 
 
community's welfare with the all sources they have.’
 
Starting his speech by stating the number of universities in Turkey which is almost 200, 
 
Rector Prof. Dr. Alkan says ‘Universitites are no longer give classical education, they are on 
 
intimate terms with the society. These universities are called ‘3rd Generation University’. 
 
Today Sungurlu Vocational School has led the way for it. Google which serving in the IT field 
 
has about 7 times more income than Boeing firm which produces planes. This example 
 
shows that informatics has a very important place now. The most important one among the 
 
works carried out in the university is being intimate and making collaboration with all parts 
 
of the society. The doors of our university are open to everybody and every project. This is 
 
really proud of us. I would like to thank everybody who have contributed to “Software for 
 
Kids” programme.’
 
After the speeches, the certificates were given to the children who completed the course 
 
successfully and their coding works were examined.

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