This isn't your typical lab - when you join the Sandbox Lab, you'll learn the basics of Swift coding. But you’ll also learn how to address emergent needs in your community through coding applications and creative ideation.
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Everyone is welcome. Sandbox Lab participants explore the “why” behind coding applications. Our curriculum has been developed to help participants boost their career prospects, learn Swift syntax and fundamentals and stretch their creative minds. Getting involved in Sandbox programming means you’ll be joining a community of next-gen doers. Ready to dive in? Read more about each track to see where you’d like to begin!
Swift Basics Certification
Participants in our semester-long program commit to at least one 90-minute synchronous lab once a week for 15 weeks throughout the SP25 semester. By the end of this track, participants will be ready to sit for the Swift Basics certification*.
The iOS Developer track is a dedicated space for guided practice for the Develop in Swift Fundamentals curriculum. In this course, students build fundamental iOS app development skills. They’ll master the core concepts and practices of the Swift programming language that developers use daily and build a basic fluency in Xcode’s source and UI editors.
*Sandbox will cover registration fees for participant’s certification exam.
Open-Source Sandbox
Not sure where to start? In this program track, participants chart their own path! Through one-off boot camps, series workshops, and live demonstrations, our Sandbox team will guide participants through career exploration workshops, virtual and augmented reality curricula, creative tool applications, and more.
Program highlights include:
- Career Exploration
- Spacial Computing/Augmented reality/virtual reality environments
- iOS App Design
- Creative Storytelling
- Health Equity + Community Change
Interested? Register today!
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Sandbox Kick-Off Event
Meet the Team Heading link
Muhammad Arham and Mitravinda Manjunath are the AY 24-25 Sandbox Fellows. Lab fellows deliver lab curriculum and extra help via workshops, bootcamps, office hours and 1:1 sessions.
Arham is in his first year of UIC’s Computer Science master’s program and is involved internationally in helping expand access to coding.
Mitra is in her second year of UIC’s Computer Science master’s program and is a seasoned teaching assistant.
Questions? Contact Arham or Mitra directly!
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Yesenia Estrada and Elaine Harvey are here to make lab participants feel welcome and supported. The community collaborators recruit lab participants, manage lab culture and track engagement in programming.
Yesenia is in her first year at UIC. She brings almost a decade of professional recruiting experience and a personal and professional passion for creating welcoming and equitable learning environments.
Elaine is an experienced program director with 15 years of experience in higher education programming, leadership and project management.
