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I really liked funtech

I really enjoyed doing the course, especially with being able to write it and see how it worked. I have to say I found some parts hard, but being able to ask the tutor any questions was really helpful. I also really liked how they would not tell you the answer but help you find the answer yourself.

Challenging but fun

I liked the python course because even though we started off simple it got quite interesting and the last two days where we got to do pretty hard coding challenges was my favourite part. The teacher was also really nice.

it was good

it was really fun and arianna is super fun! i really enjoyed her as our tutor. i will really miss doing this because i have made such great friends during it. it was so fun and i wish that if i ever do this again, i get the same tutor and classmates. the learning we have done has expanded my inte...

it was really fun and arianna is super fun! i really enjoyed her as our tutor. i will really miss doing this because i have made such great friends during it. it was so fun and i wish that if i ever do this again, i get the same tutor and classmates. the learning we have done has expanded my interest in coding and has inspired me to be a coder when i grow up. My only thing is that they could make the lessons even more interesting with game challenges. apart from that, my experience at funtech was incredible and I am exited to do it again next year!

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Everythings fine

Everythings is fine and our teachers i very nice

Fantastic Python Coding Camp

I really enjoyed the camp over the two weeks due to the tutor being very friendly and willing to cope with any amount of mistakes that the others and I made and the 15 mins breaks I thought were a very good idea for people to rest and get away from screens. My problems with it were that the first...

I really enjoyed the camp over the two weeks due to the tutor being very friendly and willing to cope with any amount of mistakes that the others and I made and the 15 mins breaks I thought were a very good idea for people to rest and get away from screens. My problems with it were that the first day was very slow, due to the start of the camp needing to cover the basics. I know that it is unavoidable, but in the future, I think that they can try to present it in a different way. There were also a few mistakes on the presentation, but they were all corrected by the tutor as we went through the lessons. Overall, a very good experience.

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great and you learn a lot

its fun great the explaining is great learn a lot and is good pace to challenge you

Very beneficial!

Overall the python coder camp was a good experience and I learned a lot from it, the tutor was very good an helped when I needed and taught well. I had a good time during the two weeks, and the day was broken up with two small breaks which as a result made the day less overwhelming.

Good course, enjoyable and was very useful

The course was fun, useful and has helped me learn most of the things I will need for GCSE computing. Since most of it revolves around python code. This has given me a large boost ahead. It was fun and wasn't too complicated. I also now have resources to refer back to when studying or trying to f...

The course was fun, useful and has helped me learn most of the things I will need for GCSE computing. Since most of it revolves around python code. This has given me a large boost ahead. It was fun and wasn't too complicated. I also now have resources to refer back to when studying or trying to figure out code.

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callum's review

When i first joined funtech, i didn't know what to expect. When i joined, my tutor was there to help and was really kind. There were a lot of technical problems but funtech were always helping. Afterwards, everything fun and enjoyable and it was a really nice experience.

Python coder

Very happy with the camp. We would consider a term-time coding course online.

I thought it would be boring at the start but paul was really nice and equal to everyone

I think it was really good and i probably will do it again

Python coding camp

it was very helpful to learn python and I believe it was taught very well as I understand all of it

Python Coder

My 11yr old son really enjoyed the Python Coder course. This course was recommended as he had already worked out Minecraft Redstone engineering himself. Before the course he was intrigued but concerned everyone else would know more than him. I explained this to Funtech and they were very appro...

My 11yr old son really enjoyed the Python Coder course. This course was recommended as he had already worked out Minecraft Redstone engineering himself. Before the course he was intrigued but concerned everyone else would know more than him. I explained this to Funtech and they were very approachable and offered a 10 min taster session so he could see how it worked and maybe talk about Minecraft - which he didn't want to do but was happy about the course. There were only 3 on the course.

A few weeks later, my son did the Python Game Developer course. There were 8 on the course, and straight away, my son felt out of his depth and was lost. I think he was too shy to ask for help, When I explained this to Funtech mid course, they offered 1-2-1 consolidation course in the afternoon, but my son was too lost by then and not interested. Funtech kindly offered Java Coder instead, which my son started, felt a lot better about, still needed a consolidation afternoon and chose not to continue the course.

To conclude, I think the course and opportunity is great. Funtech really did everything they could to make sure my son felt some level of success, growing on from his experience of the Python Coder course. It may be some children are overwhelmed or don't feel they can ask for help, and so it was a shame that I wasn't aware of the potential consolidation lessons until it was too late on the Python Game Developer course, especially as another boy had one, a boy who attended the same Python Coder course as my son. In my son's case, I know he would feel shame if he showed he had fallen behind and so was not equipped confidence-wise to ask for help in front of others. Funtech did tell me that not everyone likes the style/format of teaching, hence their offer of the consolidation lessons which really goes a very long way to hopefully provide an element of success int heir learning.

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Python course 10/08/2020 - 21/08/2020 review

So to begin with, I thought python was... difficult. this course changed my mind hands down. python is actually fun, especially when you make a loop where 160000+ numbers were produced in the console :D. That I think was the most satisfying thing in my life ;-) . So when the course started, I act...

So to begin with, I thought python was... difficult. this course changed my mind hands down. python is actually fun, especially when you make a loop where 160000+ numbers were produced in the console :D. That I think was the most satisfying thing in my life ;-) . So when the course started, I actually expected to go to the actual programming straight away. However it took nearly two hours to do so, and in that time I was watching python videos. At that point I was sceptical, saying that python was boring and then I was told that it takes time to get into the real thing. the other reason I found it boring was actually later, and that was because the sound was too low. I also had to change laptops, because the other one wouldn't launch and I think the reason why I fell behind was mostly because I couldn't hear. But it still took some time to understand that this was a first shot, and things could get better. So over the following days, reviews started to look positive. At this point I still didn't understand that yesterday it took time to get where I was and without it I wouldn't have come to this.
The reason I didn't take a star off this review for this reason is because on the fourth or fifth day I finally realised that on the first day I should have had the thought that you must make the most of it because it will benefit you further in the course. Then when loops started I started laughing about how many numbers I could generate and scroll through. I was thinking if python will crash. It DID. Hahaha. My reviews were really pleasing, and it was mostly about laughing.

However, the not-so-amazing things have to also be pointed out.

- A half star was taken off because the videos were very basic, and I felt that their pace was clear, but slow. This is not a significant downside, and it is minor, but I thought I should point it out.

- Another half star was taken off because although the video explained well, I just felt that it didn't get me thinking enough, and I remember only a couple of programs. Again this is not severe, but I do know that FunTech doesn't have too many options when teaching, but again, it was significant enough to point out.

Overall, apart from a few nitpick things here and there, and also that I knew the first day was boring for a reason, I am really happy with this lesson

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Good course

I liked it, not much to say about it really

Python coder, Good course, those with certain learning difficulties may struggle

Good course, my daughter learnt lots of code for User interface creation. But did struggle with her slow auditory processing speed and dyslexia on this course as very tutor verbal describe and text type heavy. Being asked to type certain words in the script or create folders with certain name...

Good course, my daughter learnt lots of code for User interface creation.
But did struggle with her slow auditory processing speed and dyslexia on this course as very tutor verbal describe and text type heavy.

Being asked to type certain words in the script or create folders with certain names is also problematic if you don't know how to spell them.

But overall she enjoyed it despite these issues.

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Funtech review

the funtech course was really fun even though on a few accasions i struggled with my concentration, in the last two days i was in a 1 to 1 and i got loads done it it really helped me to understand all types oflists and loops.

End of Course Review

The course was very thorough and went through all of the units in detail. It was tiring, but a very useful course, as I was only beginning Python.

good

the last day is the best as you are free to do what you want. i believe that we should have more time on our own things

Quite fun

It fun and teaches you computer science quite fun would definitely recommend

I really enjoyed this course

I really enjoyed this. I liked how we went through everything in detail and it helped me to learn and memorise the different types of codes and functions. Sometimes it went quite slow but the challenges and the end of each topic made it alot more fun and really made me feel like i was learning alot

Great course for beginners

The course had a good pace, and wasn't too fast. Sometimes the basics could have been explained a bit faster and there could have been more time taken on the difficult parts, but in the end, everything was covered, and it was fun to complete projects at the end.

It was fun.

The camp was really enjoyable, and we learnt a lot of Python. The tutors were very helpful, but still let you do it yourself. I would recommend it.

From a newbie coder's point of view

"Actually quite fun" - for someone who has no knowledge of coding to one who is adamant he has to get his code correct and play the game he just created. Good fun and 2 weeks pace is just nice to dip into Python for a 12 year old.

Python camp - Julia

FunTech was fun and I learnt a lot from Tutor 26(Matt). I liked the fact that we had freedom in what we got to create.

Fun course!

I enjoyed the course because it was so easy and simple to follow while your able to learn a lot at the same time. The smaller simpler projects were the best because you could learn a bit and use all of your programming knowledge you have learnt so far to create them. One thing that could be im...

I enjoyed the course because it was so easy and simple to follow while your able to learn a lot at the same time. The smaller simpler projects were the best because you could learn a bit and use all of your programming knowledge you have learnt so far to create them.

One thing that could be improve is that you listen to the teacher talk and watch them explain and then you have time to write the code after that, instead of doing both at the same time, rushing and you then won't learn as much.

I would recommend this course to others who want to learn the basics of python.

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Fun tech

This course is very fun and exciting. Almost everyday you learn something, also you get to make small project. The most fun is the large project at the end.

fun tech

I thought fun tech was really good and it has taught me a lot and I've left the course with lots more knowledge and I think all the things I learnt here will help a lot in school as I used to struggle in coding but now I know a lot

very good

very fun, you learn a lot and the tutors are good

Learnt alot.

At firs

very good and fun

very fun but a little bit slow
(i think i am just a bit fast)

Starts off slow then builds up knowledge

The beginning is very slow but as it goes on it graduates and the small projects are the ones which are more beneficiary

funtech evaluation

i really liked how this course went, i learned a lot of new things about coding and python. this course has helped me realize that coding actually isnt that hard.

Funtech review

It was very good and the tutor taught me very well but the course was a bit long

Really fun and enjoyable

FunTech was really fun because I never thought i would like coding but I was proven wrong .

good experience

i did the python coding course and i really enjoyed it. It is great if you need a refresh or are a beginner. Everything was explained well and easy to follow. For the first part of the course you learn basic functions and towards the end make your own projects or you can do some of the set challe...

i did the python coding course and i really enjoyed it. It is great if you need a refresh or are a beginner. Everything was explained well and easy to follow. For the first part of the course you learn basic functions and towards the end make your own projects or you can do some of the set challenges. If you want to learn how to program i would recommend this course.

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A really interactive course teaching lots of information, but with the fun only coming at the end.

I really enjoyed this Funtech course, but I had high expectations and this did not exceed them. However, I learnt as much in these two weeks that I would otherwise have learnt in a few months. This was achieved by how interactive this course was , and quite surprisingly so as it was online. Howev...

I really enjoyed this Funtech course, but I had high expectations and this did not exceed them. However, I learnt as much in these two weeks that I would otherwise have learnt in a few months. This was achieved by how interactive this course was , and quite surprisingly so as it was online. However, interactive does not mean fun, and this course was not exactly fun. Because that would not be possible. But the end project was. It was a really fun way to end the course, and I really liked this. However, what massively let it down was that I could not view the content myself. This was a big shame, and I think the course would really benefit from that. If that changes, I would heavily recommend this course anytime.

FunTech Response
Really sorry but we would not be able to share our curriculum

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An informational and enticing course

This is a great course and i learnt a lot. Nearer the end it got a bit confusing and is still a bit confusing but i learnt so much that its worth it. I still have all of my files so i can look back on them for reference and the tutor and atmosphere of the class was great. FunTech Response The...

This is a great course and i learnt a lot. Nearer the end it got a bit confusing and is still a bit confusing but i learnt so much that its worth it. I still have all of my files so i can look back on them for reference and the tutor and atmosphere of the class was great.

FunTech Response
The group finished the course early and so moved onto more advanced topics.

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To Long...

I like most of it but I just don't like the videos too much they can be annoying and a bit irritating and I often get very distracted when I try to watch them And I just switch off by 1h 30 because it's just too long of a lesson The teachers amazing! There are just some things that make the...

I like most of it but I just don't like the videos too much they can be annoying and a bit irritating and I often get very distracted when I try to watch them

And I just switch off by 1h 30 because it's just too long of a lesson

The teachers amazing! There are just some things that make the course a bit annoying

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I liked it a lot!! :)

The camp was fun but sometimes it was a little slow other than that though it was great!! :)

Fun Tech course

I feel i have come a long way this week with computer science. i started out not even being able to even write a print statement but now i can do much more. it has been a good week.

Python Coder Review by Chloe.M

There were times where I didn't quite understand everything but I had so much fun. I loved working on my project but the highlight for me was rock paper scissors. I learnt so much and have loved everything that I have done. Sam was so kind and helped us whenever we needed it. These two weeks were...

There were times where I didn't quite understand everything but I had so much fun. I loved working on my project but the highlight for me was rock paper scissors. I learnt so much and have loved everything that I have done. Sam was so kind and helped us whenever we needed it. These two weeks were great. I could go on and on and on and on about everything that we have learnt. Thank you everyone from Funtech and Sam!

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Great week

I had such a great time learning about python, i learnt so much that i did not know. It was always interesting and fun. The groups were a perfect size as they were very small and so it was easy to ask questions. The course was quite quick, we got through it very quickly as it was easy to understa...

I had such a great time learning about python, i learnt so much that i did not know. It was always interesting and fun. The groups were a perfect size as they were very small and so it was easy to ask questions. The course was quite quick, we got through it very quickly as it was easy to understand. However I wish that there was more content as there is definitely more to learn about python.

FunTech Response
Wonderful to hear that you enjoyed your time learning about Python and this group was rather advanced and so additional more advanced concepts that were outside of the scope of this course were covered and additional projects given. Yes, definitely more to learn about Python, and our Python Game Course covers object orientation in more detail.

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nice

it was really fun at first but then got boring but then since we started developing a end project it got fun again and i ended up loving it. Really want to come back next time and do a different course which will be fun.

good

its good found it difficult, but helpful in general

A lot of tutors!

I loved the course it was very difficult. the thing i don't like is the fact that we had 3 tutors

FunTech Reply
We are very sorry about this, but sadly we had one tutor whose Internet went down and then the second tutor who was unwell...

Great when I was the one being taught!

I felt that these two weeks were a productive learning experience and I learned quite a lot. I can say with full confidence that the knowledge that I did gain from this course was really helpful.

Python Coding

It was an amazing week, where I was able to learn how to code. By the end I was able to write an impressive code, that I was proud of.

Python coding - very fun!

I didn't know much coding to start with but the course built up my knowledge in an enjoyable and engaging way. Would definitely recommend.

really good!

really good!