We bring practical IT skills into classrooms

Product, design and code for high-school pupils

codesters.club is a Digital Product Development program initiated by the Riesenkampff Foundation to provide future-oriented technology education for gymnasium-level pupils in Estonia. We bring together the best of both business and academia, offering advanced technology lessons in collaboration with local schools.

Unlike traditional coding schools, codesters.club does not focus on teaching a specific programming language. Instead, we emphasise developing a combination of soft and technical skills essential for creating digital products that users will love.

Throughout the three-year program, pupils work on transforming their own ideas into functional products. They also have the opportunity to step into the roles of UX designer, front-end and back-end developer, and project manager, allowing them to explore different career paths within technology sector and discover which one may suit them best.

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Our beliefs

• curiosity is the driver for learning

• technology education is much more than coding

• learning how to learn is the main challenge

• pupils learn from each other as much as from their mentors

• current industry professionals share the responsibility of educating future generations

Digital Product Development

codesters.club curriculum with product, desing, programming and teamwork courses

Pupils' projects

10th grade

Pupils learn the fundamentals of user experience research, design using Figma, and the development of a simple landing page using HTML/CSS or the no-code tool Webflow.

Check the 10th grade projects

11th grade

Pupils learn how to create a mockup and prototype of a real application while gaining an understanding of modern web development principles, best practices, and no-code tools.

Check the 11th grade projects

12th grade

Pupils are polishing their personal projects into functioning web apps and teaming up to prepare for the final pitch competition, where the top teams will present their projects at the graduation event.

Check the 12th grade projects

How do we learn

Involving IT businesses

Office visits, ad-hoc lessons, joint events and workshops with leading Estonian tech companies.

Project-based learning

Hands-on experience solving real problems, developing your own ideas and getting that first portfolio entry ready.

Teamwork

Working in groups allows pupils to learn from each other and prepares them for career world collaboration and problem-solving.

Expert mentors

An international bunch of IT industry professionals from diverse backgrounds - software development, cybersecurity, backend development, UI design, UX, product management, and more -enthusiastically sharing their knowledge and inspiring pupils

Meet our mentors

Pupils' feedback

I am very proud of being a part of the codesters world.

I won't lie, these activities take up a lot of time and energy that I could spend with my family or friends ... But I have never been so interested in the process. This is a completely different world of learning.

Learning new things, especially digital, is always pretty fun. This kind of thing is becoming more and more popular these days so I'm glad I chose this subject.

These lessons gave me a clear idea on what i want to do in the future. This course has so may benefits (like visiting companies before the lockdown etc). I am really happy that I decided to join this course :)

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