Philly-Tech IT Spark program mission is to inspire middle school boys and girls to spark or explore the possibilities of technology to inform and empower their future IT career interest and choices. Our vision is to create a world where boys and girls develop or enhance a lifelong passion and confidence in their use of technology throughout their careers and those who would like to pursue IT careers can learn about the various specializations available and decide which ones they would want to get into.

PHILLY-TECH IT SPARK students will undertake a hands-on exploration of IT topics including:

• What is Information Technology (IT)? What can you do as an IT professional?
• What’s Inside a Computer
• How Computers Talk – Introduction to network communications
• SQL: Explore & Command databases
• Making a Website Using WordPress
• Making a website using HTML/CSS
• Make a website using WebFlow
• Designing Mobile Apps
• Build Your Own Voice App using VOICEFLOW
• Creating your own games using GameMaker
• NoCode app building using AppGeyser
• Data Privacy: How to protect your personal information
• Internet Safety: How to stay safe online
• Many other topics to be added as resources permit