Professional coders step in to teach school kids to program the future

By Jewel Topsfield Education Editor
Updated November 27 2014 - 10:09am, first published November 21 2014 - 4:49pm
App developers Alex Benevento and William Egan  teach students how to develop code at their  old school Penleigh and Essendon Grammar where they have  started a code club. Photo: Patrick Scala/Fairfax Media
App developers Alex Benevento and William Egan teach students how to develop code at their old school Penleigh and Essendon Grammar where they have started a code club. Photo: Patrick Scala/Fairfax Media

The members of this code club may only be in years 7 to 9 but they have already helped create a customised weather app that tells users the exact temperature wherever they are.

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